PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           22 August 2002
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002069003

	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. Nancy L. Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Barbara J. Lutz		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 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD Form 214, be corrected to show the correct length of time she held military occupational specialty (MOS) 75C.

3.  The applicant states that she spent 4 years in the Army and worked as a 75C right after advanced individual training (AIT) and throughout her enlistment.  Her DD Form 214 shows she was not given full credit for the time she held MOS 75C. 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that she enlisted in the Regular Army on 15 July 1987.  Her Personnel Qualification Record, DA Form 2-1, shows that she completed 75C AIT on or about 18 September 1987 and that she worked as a 75C throughout her enlistment.

5.  A Personnel Action form, DA Form 4187, dated 25 July 1988 shows that the applicant was advanced to Private First Class and at that time held MOS 75C10. 

6.  Orders 66-2, 176th Personnel Service Company dated 21 April 1989 shows the applicant was awarded primary MOS 75C100000 effective 20 April 1989.

7.  The applicant was released from active duty on 15 July 1991.  Her DD Form 214, item 11 shows she held MOS 75C for 2 years and 3 months.

8.  Army Regulation 635-5 prescribes the separation documents prepared for soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army.  It establishes standardized policy for the preparation of the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part it states that the MOS code, title, and years and months (held) will be entered in item 11.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant completed 75C AIT on or about 18 September 1987, that she worked in MOS 75C throughout her enlistment, and that she held MOS 75C10 on 25 July 1988 when she was advanced to Private First Class.  Orders 66-2, 176th Personnel Service Company dated 21 April 1989 appear to have been issued in error or may have been issued to replace missing MOS orders.  In any case, the Board believes that the effective date of 20 April 1989 listed on those orders is erroneous and that the applicant was awarded that MOS directly out of AIT and actually held it for 3 years and 10 months.  

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s DD Form 214, item 11 be corrected to show she held MOS 75C for 3 years and 10 months.

BOARD VOTE:  

__JHL __  __ RVO  _  __BJL __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__JoAnn H. Langston  _
		   CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002069003	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2002/08/22	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.03	
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