PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            13 March 2001                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2000050465

	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:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. John T. Meixell		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 his grade at enlistment be corrected to reflect pay grade E-3 vice E-2.  He states that he had sufficient college credit to enlist in pay grade E-3, however, he was unable to secure the proper documentation until recently.  He states that his recruiter “was supposed to send my diploma and copy of my transcript to the board of education for evaluation, because [he] didn’t have the original copies of [his] transcript.”  However, that apparently never happened.  Efforts by officials at Fort Irwin to assist him in securing the corrected enlistment grade have also been unsuccessful.  In support of his request he submits copies of his civilian education documents.

3.  Information available to the Board indicates the applicant enlisted under the delayed entry program (DEP) on 21 April 1999 and on 5 May 1999 was discharged from the DEP and enlisted in the Active Army for a period of 4 years. His enlistment grade was E-2.

4.  Documents provided by the applicant confirm he had more than 60 hours of college credit at the time of his enlistment and should have been enlisted in pay grade E-3.  

5.  In the processing of this application an advisory opinion was provided by the Recruiting Policy Branch of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel confirming the applicant should have been enlisted in pay grade E-3 and recommended an adjusting of his grade and date of rank with entitlement to retroactive pay and allowance to his enlistment date.  The applicant concurred with the advisory opinion.

6.  Army Regulation 601-210, which establishes the policies and provisions for Army enlistment, states that individuals who have successfully completed sixty or more classroom semester hours without a 4-year degree may be enlisted in pay grade E-3.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence confirms the applicant met education requirements for enlistment in pay grade E-3 and his records should be corrected accordingly.

2.  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 showing that the individual concerned was enlisted in pay grade E-3 on 5 May 1999 with entitlement to all appropriate back pay and allowances.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jh____  ___jtm__  ___dph__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2000050465	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20010313	
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.	112.02	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.