CASE NO:  AD97-00285

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):  920131                                          

3.  Authority for separation:

	a.  Regulation:  Chapter 14, AR 635-200                                                        

	b.  Reason:	Misconduct - Commission of a Serious Offense
                           
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:  6 Years               Type
b.  Entry date:  890720                        NDSM                             
c.  Age:  18  Years   DOB:  710424             ASR                                               
d.  Educational level:  HS Grad                                           
e.  Aptitude area scores:  ( X ) NIF/NA
	    GT:  123                               3.  Highest grade achieved:
    f.  Actual creditable service:  2  Years            
        6  Months  12  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 	910917     	 

7.  Court-Martial data:  ( X ) NONE

8.	Remarks:  ( X ) NONE

SECTION B - Other Service Data
                                     ( X ) NA

                                                   

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

1.  Summary of facts and circumstances concerning discharge:

	920121:	Unit commander notified the applicant of initiation of separation 			action under the provisions of Chapter 14, AR 635-200, for misconduct 			- commission of a serious offense.  He was advised of his rights.
	920128:	Separation authority approved separation with a general under 				honorable conditions discharge.
	920131:	Applicant was discharged.

2.  Issue(s) of propriety and/or equity on DD Form 293 or incorporated by reference:
	See Attached DD Form 293.

3.  Exhibit(s) submitted:

	A-1:  DD Form 293, dated 961105. 

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:  (4)  Under current standards of AR 635-200, the narrative reason for discharge is inequitable.

    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 applicant has not submitted an issue of propriety and the ADRB has not otherwise relied upon an issue of propriety to change the discharge.

	b.  Equity:	The parenthetical numbers below corresponds to the issue numbers on the DD Form 293, or in Part VI, Paragraph 1, above.

        (4)  The issue is accepted.  Regulations currently in effect list the reason for the applicant's discharge as misconduct.  The Board determined that such a reason change would represent an enhancement of the applicant’s current discharge. Accordingly, the Board voted under current standards to change the narrative reason on the DD Form 214 to misconduct.  The Board was satisfied that the characterization of service was proper and equitable, and to change it would be inappropriate.

        (1),(2)&(3)  The issues are rejected.  The Board carefully examined the applicant's record of service during the period of enlistment under review.  There was a full consideration of all faithful and honorable service as well as infractions of discipline, the extent thereof, and the seriousness of the offenses.  The Board determined that the applicant's discharge was appropriate because the quality of service determination at the time of discharge was consistent with the Army's standards for acceptable personal conduct and performance of duty by military personnel. By  misconduct and/or poor duty performance the applicant diminished the quality of service below that meriting a fully honorable discharge.  The Board examined the Article 15 received by the applicant and referenced in his issues, counseling statements regarding his performance and conduct, and character references submitted by other soldiers to the separating authority.   The applicant provided no further evidence demonstrating that either the command's action was erroneous or the applicant’s service mitigated the misconduct or poor duty performance. 

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:

	( X )	Proper.
	(   )	Improper as to characterization.  Change characterization to                                     .
	(   )	Improper as to reason.  Change reason to                         under                      .
	(   )	Equitable.
	(   )	Inequitable as to characterization.  Change characterization to                               .
	( X )	Inequitable as to reason.  Change reason to  Misconduct            
		under   AR 635-200         .
	(   )	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       5         0  
    Characterization       0         5   

	  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	

                          	
COL MELCHIOR
Post Hearing Reviewer	

PART VIII - DIRECTIVE/CERTIFICATION
SECTION A - DIRECTIVE

TO:  Commander, ARPERCEN		       Date:

	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 Uncharacterized.
		(   )  Characterization of discharge be changed to Honorable.
		(   )  Characterization of discharge be changed to Under Honorable 
                   Conditions.
		( X )  Reason and authority for discharge be changed to 
		        Misconduct under AR 635-200  .
		(   )  Other (see remarks below).

Remarks:  ADRB directs Commander ARPERCEN to issue applicant new DD 214 with    	reason change.

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    	

CASE NO:  AD97-00285

SECTION - B CERTIFICATION (Cont’d)

INDEX RECORD: 

AD9700285         970319    GD    920131    AR635-200 C14     A6730    MD 5-0 A
1          10 11 12        18    20        26                41       46 49  52

                  A9200   A0100   A9453                              
                 53      58      63                                  

	

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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.   COL ALLEN, THOMAS J.          Mbr    X                       X       

    4.   COL MELCHIOR, ROBERT J.       Mbr    X                       X       

    5.   COL MATHEWS, WILLIAM E.       PO     X                       X