PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           8 August 2002
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002068477

	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. William Blakely		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond J. Wagner		Chairperson	
	Mr. Lester Echols		Member	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		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, in effect, that his military records be changed to show his correct social security number (SSN).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that the SSN listed on his separation document (DD Form 214) is incorrect.  In support of his application, he submits a copy of his social security card, and a statement from the Social Security Administration, Batavia Ohio, which confirms that his social security card serves as an official verification of his SSN.  

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he entered the Army on 5 February 1965.  He was trained and served in military occupational specialty 13D (Artillery Rocket Crewman), and the highest rank he attained while serving on active duty was specialist four/E-4 (SP4).  

5.  A review of the applicant’s official military personnel file (OMPF) confirms that a service number was used as the primary identification number at the time he entered the Army and was the identification number listed in his induction paperwork.  It was also the identification number entered in the service record that was created on him upon his entry on active duty, and in all the orders and documents published throughout his tenure on active duty that are filed in his Military Personnel Records Jacket (MPRJ).  

6.  However, in addition to the applicant’s service number, a SSN that matches the one contained in the social security card was listed in parenthesis in the following Special Court Martial (SPCM) Order published on the applicant:  SPCM Order 6, dated 15 February 1968, published by Headquarters, 184th Ordnance Battalion, APO San Francisco 96238.

7.  On 25 May 1968, the applicant was honorably released from active duty after completing 3 years and 21 days of active military service.  The DD Form 214 issued to him on the date of his separation contains a SSN that is different from the one that is listed in both his social security card and in the SPCM Order referred to in the preceding paragraph. 

8.  In support of his application, the applicant provided a social security card and a verification from the Social Security Administration, Batavia Ohio.  This documentation confirms that the applicant’s current verified SSN is consistent with the one recorded in SPCM Order Number 6, which was published on him in 1968.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board notes the applicant’s contention that the SSN listed in Item 
3 (Social Security Number) of his DD Form 214 is incorrect, and it finds this claim has merit.  

2.  The evidence of records confirms that the applicant’s current verified SSN is consistent with the one used in a SPCM Order published on him in 1968, which is different than the one recorded in Item 3 of his DD Form 214.  

3.  In addition, the applicant has submitted documentation from the Social Security Administration that verifies his correct SSN, which is consistent with the one recorded in the SPCM published on him in 1968.   Therefore, the Board finds that the SSN listed in Item 3 (Social Security Number) of the applicant’s DD Form 214 was in error, and it concludes that it would be appropriate to correct this error at this time. 

4.  In view of the foregoing, 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 SSN of the individual concerned to match the verified SSN contained in his social security card and that is recorded in SPCM Order Number 6, dated 15 February 1968; and by providing him a corrected separation document reflects this change. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__RJW__  ___LE___  __MVT__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Raymond J. Wagner___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002068477	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	2002/08/08	
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.	100.0900	
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