CASE NO:  AD97-00274

PART II - APPLICATION DATA
(Note: Part I deleted under the Privacy Act on Reading Room copy)

1.  Type of discharge (or characterization of service):  GD                    

2.  Date of discharge (or REFRAD):  940718                                          

3.  Authority for separation:

	a.  Regulation:  Chapter 14, AR 635-200                                                        

	b.  Reason:	Misconduct 
                           
4.  Prior review(s):  ( X ) NONE

PART III - SERVICE HISTORY
SECTION A - Period of Service Under Review

1.	Service data:                              2.  Awards and decorations:

a.  Period entered for:  5 Years               Type
b.  Entry date:  911003                        AAM                             
c.  Age:  23  Years   DOB:  680110             NDSM                                               
d.  Educational level:  HS Grad                                           
e.  Aptitude area scores:  ( X ) NIF/NA
	    GT: 99                                 3.  Highest grade achieved:
    f.  Actual creditable service:  2  Years            
        9  Months  16  Days                       Grade    
                                                  E3         

                                               4.  Performance evaluations:  
                                                   ( X ) NONE

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PART III - SERVICE HISTORY
SECTION A - Period of Service Under Review - Continued

5.  Periods of unauthorized absence:  ( X ) NONE

6.  Nonjudicial punishment:  

	Nature    Date
	Art 15 	931130     	 

7.  Court-Martial data:  ( X ) NONE

8.	Remarks:  ( X ) NONE

SECTION B - Other Service Data

1.  Other discharge(s):                  

	Service          Type           
	USAR             NA
	HonRel           HonRel
	USAR             UNCHAR

            

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PART IV - PREHEARING REVIEW
SECTION A - Analyst's Assessment

1.  Summary of facts and circumstances concerning discharge:

	940408:	Unit commander notified the applicant of initiation of separation 		action under the provisions of Chapter 14, AR 635-200, for 			misconduct.
	940616:	Separation authority approved separation with a general under 			honorable conditions discharge.
	940718:	Applicant was discharged.

2.  Issue(s) of propriety and/or equity on DD Form 293 or incorporated by reference:
	( X ) NONE

3.  Exhibit(s) submitted:

	A-1:  DD Form 293, dated 961025 
    B-1:  DD Form 293, with four enclosures as submitted by the applicant.

PART IV - PREHEARING REVIEW
SECTION B - Medical and/or Legal Advisory Opinion
( X ) NONE

PART V - SUMMARY OF REVIEW HEARING

	a.  Applicant testified:    (   ) Yes   ( X ) No

	b.  Witness(es) testified:  (   ) Yes   ( X ) No

2.  Exhibit(s) submitted at hearing:  ( X ) NONE

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PART VI - ISSUES AND FINDINGS

1.  a.  Applicant's issue(s) of propriety and/or equity:
	    ( X )	Same as those listed on DD Form 293 and Part IV, Section A, Paragraph 2.
	    (   )	Revised issue(s) furnished in writing by applicant as follows:
	    ( X )	Additional issue(s) identified during review/hearing as follows:

	      Board issue.  Issue 1.  The characterization is improper.

    b.  Request:  ( X ) Recharacterization    (   ) Change of Reason

2.  Finding(s), conclusion(s), and reason(s) for the Board's decision(s) on issues of propriety and/or equity:

    a.  Propriety:	The parenthetical numbers below correspond to the issue numbers 			on the DD Form 293, or in Part VI, Paragraph 1, above.

	   (1)  The issue is accepted. The Board concluded that the administrative discharge proceedings contained limited use information that was initially introduced by the government into the discharge proceedings and the applicant’s discharge was based on those proceedings. Army regulations mandate the issuance of an honorable discharge in such cases. Consequently, the Board voted to change the characterization of Service to fully honorable. The Board was satisfied that the reason for discharge was proper and equitable and voted not to change it.

	b.  Equity:	The applicant has not submitted an issue of equity and the ADRB has not otherwise relied upon an issue of equity to change the discharge.

3.  Response to item(s) not addressed as decisional issue(s):  ( X ) NA

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PART VII - BOARD ACTION
SECTION A - Conclusions/Decisions/Vote

1.	Board conclusion(s):

	The discharge was:

	(   )	Proper.
	( X )	Improper as to characterization.  Change characterization to   HONORABLE                         .
	(   )	Improper as to reason.  Change reason to                         under                      .
	( X )	Equitable.
	(   )	Inequitable as to characterization.  Change characterization to                               .
	(   )	Inequitable as to reason.  Change reason to                        
		under                                 .
	(   )	Both proper and equitable, but characterization/reason for separation cited was an administrative/clerical error and should be changed to                      under                         .

2.  Voting record:      Change   No Change
	            Reason       0         5  
    Characterization       5         0   

	  The names and votes of the members of the Board are recorded in Part IX of this document and can be obtained by writing to the address below.  The request must contain the CASE NO. located in the upper right corner of this document.

                  Department of the Army Review Boards Agency
                  ATTN:  CPCD
                  1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, 2nd Floor
                  Arlington, VA  22202-4508

3.  Minority views:  ( X ) NA

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PART VII - BOARD ACTION
SECTION B - Verification and Authentication

Case report reviewed and verified	

                          	
LTC WHISKER                                                                   
Post Hearing Reviewer	

PART VIII - DIRECTIVE/CERTIFICATION
SECTION A - DIRECTIVE

TO:  Commander, ARPERCEN
     The Army Discharge Review Board, established under the provisions of Section 30, Public Law 346, 78th Congress, 22 June 1944 and codified as Title 10, United States Code, Section 1553, in the case of the applicant named in Part I directs that:

	(  ) Characterization of discharge be changed to 	Uncharterized.
	(X ) Characterization of discharge be changed to Honorable.
	(  ) Characterization of discharge be changed to Under 	 	     Honorable Conditions.
	(  ) Reason and authority for discharge be changed to 	    	     Misconduct under AR 635-200.
	(  ) Other (see remarks below).
Remarks:  	(X ) None

SECTION B - CERTIFICATION

Approval Authority:

EL CARTIO BARNES
Colonel, U.S. Army
President, Army Discharge
   Review Board

Official:

SHERRY HILL SARGENT
Major, U.S. Army
Chief, Secretary Recorder

EXHIBITS:
A - Application for review of discharge         	C - Other 
B - Material submitted by applicant    	

INDEX RECORD:

AD9700274         970402    GD    940718    AR 635-200 C14    A6770  HD 5-0 A
1          10 11 12        18    20        26                41     46 49 52

                  A6770   A0130   A0100   A9500                               
                 53      58      63      68                                   

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PART IX - VOTING RECORD

    Name                                   Reason          Characterization
                                           CHANGE   NC     HON  UHC   NC  UNCHAR

    1. MAJ WYRICK, JIMMY R.            Mbr          X       X                 

    2. LTC SMITH, LILLIAN C.           Mbr          X       X                 

    3. LTC WHISKER, JILL M.            Mbr          X       X                 

    4. COL ALLEN, THOMAS J.            Mbr          X       X                 

    5. COL MATHEWS, WILLIAM            PO           X       X