PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:     

	BOARD DATE:           15 November 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001058057

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Irene N. Wheelwright		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Ms. Karen A. Heinz		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 the service number on his DD Form 214, Report of Separation, be corrected. 

3.  The applicant states that the Army service number on his DD Form 214 is incorrect.  He contends that the last three digits of his service number should be 245.  In support of his request, he furnished copies of orders showing his correct service number and a copy of his DD Form 214.

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.  Information herein is derived from the document provided by the applicant.

5.  His DD Form 214 shows that he was ordered to active duty from the Arkansas National Guard on 21 August 1950.  His place of entry into active service was listed as Boonville, Arkansas, and his service number is listed as NG_ _  _ _ _  254.  He completed 1 year, 10 months and 29 days service and was honorably released and returned to the National Guard on 19 July 1952.

6.  Orders issued by the 24th Evacuation Hospital on 20 December 1950, show that the applicant was placed on 6 days leave.  The last three digits of his service number on these orders are 245.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Identifying Information shown on the applicant’s DD Form 214, i. e. home address and the prefix and the first five numbers of his service number are consistent with the information shown on the orders he furnished and his current application.  The last three digits of his service number on the DD Form 214, however, are different.  He contends they should be 245, instead of 254.  Based on the information available, it appears there is a typographical error on the      DD Form 214 that should be corrected.

2.  Accordingly, 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 changing the last three digits of the service number on the DD Form 214 of the individual concerned to 245.

BOARD VOTE:  

___sk___  ___inw___  ____kah_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_________Irene N. Wheelwright_________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001058057	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20011115	
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.  100.10		
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