PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           15 November 2001
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001060390

	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. Robert J. McGowan		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 her DD Form 256A (Certificate of Honorable Discharge - US Army) and her "official letter" [her discharge order] be corrected to show her rank as sergeant (SGT).

3.  The applicant states that she was a SGT, but her DD Form 256A and her discharge order show her rank as specialist (SPC).

4.  The applicant's records show that she was promoted to SGT on Orders 95-004-088, Headquarters, 124th US Army Reserve Command, Fort Lawton, Washington, effective 5 January 1995.

5.  On 3 November 1998, the applicant was separated from the US Army Reserve as a SPC on Orders D-11-871403, Headquarters, US Army Reserve Personnel Command (AR-PERSCOM), St. Louis, Missouri.

6.  On 27 August 2001, the AR-PERSCOM corrected the applicant's DD Form 256A to show her rank as SGT.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant was a SGT at the time of her discharge on 3 November 1998.  The AR-PERSCOM has already corrected her DD Form 256A.

2.  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 amending the discharge orders of the individual concerned to show that she was separated as a SGT, not a SPC.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

_INW____  __SK___  __KAH__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		   _Irene N. Wheelwright
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001060390	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20011115	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	DASA	
ISSUES         1.	100.0000	
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