PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           2 May 2002        
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002067762

	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. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Member	
	Mr. Christopher J. Prosser		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 fifth digit of his Service Number be corrected on the Certification of Military Service issued on 26 November 2001.

3.  The applicant states that the fifth digit of his Service Number should be “3” instead of “2”.  In support of his application, he submits a Certification of Military Service issued on 26 November 2001 and a Standard Form 180 (Request Pertaining to Military Records), dated 2 January 2002.

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed or lost during the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Records available to the Board were obtained from alternate sources and show that the applicant served in the Army of the United States from 7 April 1943 until he was honorably discharged in the rank of staff sergeant on 21 July 1945.

5.  The available records do not contain a WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation).  However, records show that the applicant was furnished a Certification of Military Service on 26 November 2001.  This Certificate of Military Service shows the fifth digit of the applicant’s Service Number is “2”.  

6.  The available records contain a Certification of Military Service furnished on 10 February 1994.  This Certificate of Military Service shows the fifth digit of the applicant’s Service Number is “3”.

7.  The available records also contain the applicant’s Final Payment Roll, dated 21 July 1945, which shows the fifth digit of his Service Number is “3”.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s Service Number was incorrectly entered on the Certification of Military Service issued on 26 November 2001, in that, the fifth digit was entered as a “2” instead of “3”.  Therefore, the applicant’s Certification of Military Service should be corrected at this time.  

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Certificate of Military Service issued on 26 November 2001 to the 

individual concerned be corrected to show the fifth digit of the Service Number is “3”.   

BOARD VOTE:  

FNE___  WTM_____  CJP____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Fred N. Eichorn____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002067762	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20020502	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	 	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.1000	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.