PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            3 April 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000049655

	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. Walter T. Morrison		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas Baxter		Member	
	Mr. John T. Meixell		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 his 1967 DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) be corrected to reflect that he served overseas for 7 years, 9 months and 23 days and that he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.  He notes that the separation document reflects only his last tour of duty in Germany but omits his previous tour of duty in Germany and his service in Japan.  He states that he only recently looked at his separation document and noted the omissions.  The applicant also notes that his date of birth is incorrectly recorded as 15 December 1947 on the 1967 DD Form 214 when it should be 15 December 1927.

3.  Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty in July 1947 and served continuously until 31 July 1967 when he was honorably discharged for length of service rolls.  His date of birth throughout his records is recorded as 15 December 1927.  During his military career he served approximately 15 months in Japan between November 1950 and February 1952. The applicant served two tours of duty in Germany.  His initial tour in Germany occurred between May 1956 and May 1959 while his final tour occurred between June 1963 and June 1966.

4.  The applicant was awarded an Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service between August 1966 and July 1967.  However, orders confirming the award were not issued by the U. S. Army Security Agency, Arlington Hall Station until 25 August 1967, several days after his retirement for length of service.  As such the Army Commendation Medal was not recorded on his 1967 DD Form 214.

5.  The applicant's 1967 DD Form 214 captures his military service between 
20 July 1962, the date of his last reenlistment and 31 July 1967 when he was discharged for the purpose of retirement.  Item 22c (foreign and/or sea service) on that separation report reflects his last tour of duty in Germany which occurred between 1963 and 1966.  Item 9 (date of birth) is incorrectly recorded as 
15 December 1947.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it states that only overseas service occurring during the period of service captured by a specific DD Form 214 will be recorded. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Item 22c (foreign and/or sea service) on the applicant's final DD Form 214 appropriately records his last tour of duty in Germany which occurred between 1963 and 1966, a period of service captured by the 1967 DD Form 214.  Previous tours of overseas duty would have been recorded on DD Forms 214 which were issued during prior periods of active duty and as such were not "cumulative" nor required to be "totaled" on an individual's final DD Form 214.

2.  The evidence clearly confirms that an error was made when the applicant's date of birth was recorded on his 1967 DD Form 214.  The applicant was born on 15 December 1927 not 1947 and the entry should be corrected accordingly.

3.  The evidence also confirms that the applicant was awarded an Army Commendation Medal which was omitted from his 1967 DD Form 214.  

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

RECOMMENDATION:

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

a.  by showing on the applicant's 1967 DD Form 214 that he was awarded an Army Commendation Medal; and

b.  by showing on that same form that his date of birth was 15 December 1927 vice 1947.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

___wtm__  __tb____  ___jtm__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000049655	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010403	
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.	110.00	
2.	107.00	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.