IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 17 July 2012 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20120001817 THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE: 1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any). 2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests her rank and pay grade at discharge be shown as private two (PV2), E-2 and the entry of a second period of absence without leave (AWOL) be deleted from her DD Form 214 (Report of Separation from Active Duty). 2. The applicant states she was an E-2 upon discharge and she was AWOL only once. 3. The applicant provides copies of her DD Form 214, her unit commander's discharge recommendation, three pages of her DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record - Part II), and a DA Form 2627 (Record of Proceedings Under Article 15, UCMJ). CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicant’s failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant’s failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing. 2. The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 31 May 1975, completed training, and was awarded military occupational specialty 43M (Fabric Repairman). 3. On 31 September 1976, the applicant received nonjudicial punishment under Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice, for 56 days of AWOL (7 June 1976 - 1 August 1976). Her punishment included reduction to PV1, E-1. 4. The administrative documents prepared following her reduction show her as both a PV2 and a PV1 in an intermixed manner. The available record does not contain any orders or other administrative documents showing she was advanced to E-2 following her 1976 reduction. 5. Her unit commander's discharge recommendation memorandum shows her as a "PV2" and the battalion commander's recommendation shows her as a "Private." 6. The applicant was discharged on 3 February 1972. Her DD Form 214 shows she was separated in the rank and pay grade of PV1, E-1 and had two periods of lost time totaling 77 days. 7. The copy of the DA Form 2-1 provided by the applicant does not include page 2. This page includes the entries for periods of lost time and for promotions and reductions. The file copy of the DA Form 2-1 shows: a. advancement to PV2, E-2, effective 26 November 1975; and reduction to PV1, E-1, effective 3 September 1976; b. two periods of AWOL: 7 June 1976 through 1 August 1976, marked as dropped from the rolls (DFR), and 6 January 1977 through 23 January 1977, marked as AWOL. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: 1. The applicant was reduced to E-1 effective 26 November 1975. The record does not contain and the applicant has not provided any documentation to show she was advanced to E-2 a second time. 2. The fact that her administrative records are inconsistent as to her rank does not validate her contention that she was advanced to E-2 a second time and held that rank at the time of her separation. 3. The DA Form 2-1 clearly shows the applicant was AWOL twice. She provides no evidence to show her DA Form 2-1 was incorrect. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ___X____ ___X ___ ____X___ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned. ___________X____________ CHAIRPERSON I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case. ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20120001817 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20120001817 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 1