PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:          11 September 2003
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2003083877

	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:

	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Chairperson	
	Mr. Christopher J. Prosser		Member	
	Mr. John T. Meixell		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 DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge), dated 2 March 1970, be corrected by deleting the phrase "ORDERED TO ACDUTRA  1 YR 6 MOS" in Block 17a, and by showing that he was order to active duty.

3.  The applicant states that he was not ordered to active duty for training (ACDUTRA) as his DD Form 214 indicates; he was ordered to active duty.  In support of his request, he provides a copy of his DD Form 214 and copies of orders showing that the Kansas Army National Guard involuntarily ordered him to active duty.

4.  The applicant’s military records were not available.  Records provided by the applicant show that he enlisted in the Kansas Army National Guard on 12 January 1966.  On 8 August 1968, he was involuntarily ordered to active duty for 18 months.  He served on active duty from 10 September 1968 to 2 March 1970.

5.  Block 17a (Source of Entry) of his DD Form 214 states "OTHER - ORDERED TO ACDUTRA  1 YR 6 MOS." 

6.  Army Regulation 635-5, Separation Documents, then in effect, states "If the enlisted person was ordered or called to active duty from Reserve component, check "other" and enter "Ordered from ARNGUS" or, if ordered to active duty for training, enter "Ordered to ACDUTRA."

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant's involuntary order to active duty was not for the purpose of training (i.e., ACDUTRA).  Therefore, Block 17a of his DD Form 214 should reflect "OTHER [Block Check] - ORDERED FROM ARNGUS."

2.  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 issuing to the individual concerned a DD Form 215 (Correction to DD Form 214):

	a.  Deleting from Block 17a, "ORDERED TO ACDUTRA;" and

	b.  Inserting in Block 17a, " ORDERED FROM ARNGUS."

BOARD VOTE:  

__sk____  __cjp___  __jtm___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Stanley Kelley
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2003083877	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20030911	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.0000	
2.		
3.		
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6.