PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           24 July 2003      
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2003084734

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy L. Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Chairperson	
	Ms. Yolanda Maldonado		Member	
	Mr. John P. Infante		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 records be corrected to show he was assigned to Company A, 819th Aviation Engineer Battalion.

3.  The applicant states that he was assigned to Company A, not Company C, the whole time he was in the Army (from 19 February 1942 to 10 October 1945). He has lots of old V-mails which show he was in Company A.  He provides three of them as supporting evidence.

4.  The applicant’s military records were presumably lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973.  Information contained herein was obtained from alternate sources, including the provided V-mails and the applicant's Honorable Discharge Certificate.

5.  One V-mail provided by the applicant is dated, "12th July (year unknown), England."  His unit is shown as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.  

6.  The second V-mail provided by the applicant is dated, "March 3rd (presumably 1945), France."  His unit is shown as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion. 

7.  The third V-mail provided by the applicant is dated, "June 6th (presumably 1945), Regensburg, Germany."  His unit is shown as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.

8.  The applicant's Honorable Discharge Certificate shows he was assigned to Company C, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion and separated on 10 October 1945.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board accepts as sufficient evidence the provided V-mails which show the applicant was assigned to Company A, not Company C, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion as substantiating his contention that he was assigned to Company A, not Company C, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.

2.  Although only the applicant's Honorable Discharge Certificate is available, that document should be corrected to show his unit as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion. 

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant's Honorable Discharge Certificate be corrected to show his unit as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.

BOARD VOTE:  

__aao___  __ym____  _jpi____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Arthur A. Omartian__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2003084734	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20030724	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY	Mr. Schneider	
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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