PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           17 July 2001                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001058834

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Ms. Shirley L. Powell		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 Enlistment/Reenlistment Document Armed Forces of the United States, DD Form 4/1, be corrected to show he enlisted in pay grade   E-4.  He makes no additional statement.

3.  The applicant’s military records are not available.  Information contained herein was obtained from alternate sources.

4.  The applicant apparently enlisted in the U. S. Army Reserve around February 1997.  He was promoted to specialist, E-4 on 2 August 1998.  He requested a conditional waiver to enlist in the Regular Army on 20 October 2000.  He enlisted in the Regular Army on 22 May 2001 in pay grade E-3.

5.  Army Regulation 601-210 prescribes eligibility criteria governing the enlistment of persons, with or without prior service, into the Regular Army and the U.S. Army Reserve.  In pertinent paragraph, it states that when an applicant was last separated from any Component or is a current member of a Reserve Component in the grade of E-4 with not more than 5 years Active Federal Service and enlists within 24 months from the date of separation, the enlistment grade will be Specialist, E-4.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was eligible to enlist in the Regular Army on 22 May 2001 in pay grade E-4.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s DD Form 4/3 dated 22 May 2001 be corrected to show he enlisted in pay grade E-4 and that he be paid any and all pay and allowances due as a result of this correction.

BOARD VOTE:  

__fne___  __slp___  __dph___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Fred N. Eichorn
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001058834	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20010717	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.02	
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