PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            11 January 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000048463

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Ms. Deborah L. Brantley		Senior Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ernest M. Willcher		Chairperson	
	Ms. Ann M. Campbell		Member	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests, in effect, that the erroneous orders revoking his award of the Parachute Badge be expunged from his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF).  

3.  The applicant states that he completed all requirements for award of the Parachute Badge but officials at Fort Benning, Georgia, erroneously revoked it.

4.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant successfully completed airborne training in 1988 and on 14 October 1988 was awarded the Parachute Badge.  Orders confirming the award were published at Fort Benning.  However, on 7 November 1988 orders were issued by Fort Benning erroneously revoking the applicant’s Parachute Badge.  The revocation action is currently filed in the performance portion of the applicant’s OMPF.

5.  In March 2000 officials at Fort Benning, Georgia confirmed that the applicant had successfully completed airborne training and in August 2000 officials at the Total Army Personnel Command revoked the erroneous order in November 1988.

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-104 states that all permanent orders which announce, amend, or revoke military awards are to be filed in the performance portion of a soldier’s OMPF.  That regulation also states that once filed such documents become a permanent part of the OMPF and may only be removed by one of several agencies, including this Board.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Clearly the revocation of the applicant’s Parachute Badge was done in error. While that error has subsequently been corrected the revocation document continues to be filed and unnecessarily cluttering the performance portion of his OMPF.

2.  In order to ensure that the erroneous document does not inadvertently affect future promotion and assignment consideration it would be appropriate, and in the interest of justice, to expunge the November 1988 revocation order from the applicant’s OMPF.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected 

by expunging the November 1988 order issued by officials at Fort Benning, Georgia revoking the applicant’s Parachute Badge from the applicant’s OMPF.

BOARD VOTE:  

__emw___  ____amc_  __dph__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000048463	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010911	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	Grant	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.00	
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5.		
6.