PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:     				

	BOARD DATE:           6 November 2001  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001058443

	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. Rosa M. Chandler		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Deborah S. Jacobs 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge		Member	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman, Jr.		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 his Certificate of Honorable Discharge be corrected to show the correct initial for his middle name.  He also requests that his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) be corrected to show that he was discharged on 28 November 1953. 

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 should show that he was discharged on 28 November 1953, which is the same date that he was transferred to the United States Army Reserve (USAR).

4.  The applicant's military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was limited to those documents that were submitted by the applicant and consist of a DD Form 214, a Certificate of Honorable Discharge; and a copy of Special Orders Number 235, Headquarters, VI United States Army Corps (Reserve), Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana, dated 30 November 1959. 

5.  The applicant's DD Form 214 shows that he was inducted into the Army of the United States on 29 November 1951 and he served until he was honorably discharged on 17 November 1953.  He had served 1 year, 11 months and 
19 days of active military service.  His name is correctly shown on his DD Form 214, with his middle name being "Alphonse."  

6.  The applicant's Certificate of Honorable Discharge shows that he was transferred to the USAR on 18 November 1953.  His middle initial is incorrectly shown as "I" instead of "A."

7.  The Orders that the applicant submitted show that he was discharged from the USAR on 28 November 1959 upon completion of his 6 year USAR service obligation.  His Honorable Discharge Certificate was issued to him on the same date.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant's separation documents correctly show that he was discharged on 17 November 1953 and he was transferred to the USAR on 18 November 1953. 

2.  The applicant's Certificate of Honorable Discharge should be corrected to show that his middle initial is "A" for Alphonse.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by issuing to the individual concerned a new Certificate of Honorable Discharge showing that the correct initial for his middle name is "A."

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

BOARD VOTE:  

__DSJ___  __EJA__  __DPH__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		    _Deborah S. Jacobs__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001058443	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20011106	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19531117	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	615-360	
DISCHARGE REASON	A03.00	
BOARD DECISION	PARTIAL GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	100.0100	
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