PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:  15 February 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2000049774

	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	
	Mr. Lee Cates		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Melvin H. Meyer		Member	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		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 that her records be corrected to show she completed  3 years of service vice 2 years, 11 months and 28 days and that she did not earn the Parachutist Badge. 

3.  The applicant states that her enlistment contract was for 3 years while her separation document shows the period actually served (2 years, 11 months and 28 days).  Further, she indicates that a mistake was made by listing the Parachute Badge because she was separated from a unit in which the personnel are primarily airborne qualified.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the Army on           12 October 1989.  She completed her required training and was awarded military occupational specialty 76C (Equipment Records and Parts Specialist).  She was advanced to pay grade E-4 effective 1 December 1991.

5.  On 9 October 1992, she was honorably separated under Army Regulation 635-200, chapter 4, based on the expiration of her term of service.  Her separation document indicates she had 2 years, 11 months and 28 days of creditable service.  She was entitled to award of the Good Conduct Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Parachutist Badge (sic).

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Personnel Separation Documents) indicates, in pertinent part, that the entry “SOLDIER (HAS) (HAS NOT) COMPLETED FIRST FULL TERM OF SERVICE” will be shown accordingly.  Additionally, only factual information is to be indicated on the separation document.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows she did not qualify for the Parachutist Badge and it should be removed from her records as she requests.

2.  The evidence shows she did not serve on active for the full 3 years of her contract; however, she did complete her first full term of service and her record should be corrected accordingly.

3.  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 in the remarks section of her separation document, item 18, “SOLDIER HAS COMPLETED FIRST FULL TERM OF SERVICE”; and

b.  by removal of the award of the Parachutist Badge from item 13 (Decorations).

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

BOARD VOTE:

__fe___  __mm____  __mp____ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________ DENY APPLICATION

		____Fred N. Eichorn____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000049774	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010215	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(NC, GRANT , DENY, GRANT PLUS)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.100	214 changes	
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