CASE NO:  AD97-00653

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):  920617                                          

3.  Authority for separation:

	a.  Regulation:  Chapter 13, AR 635-200                                                       

	b.  Reason:	Unsatisfactory Performance
                           
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: 4 Years                Type
b.  Entry date:  890914                        AAM
c.  Age: 19 Years   DOB: 700701                NDSM                            
d.  Educational level: HS Grad                 ASR                            
e.  Aptitude area scores:  ( X ) NIF/NA        C/Ach
	    GT:  96                                3.  Highest grade achieved:
    f.  Actual creditable service: 2 Years            
        9 Months  4 Days                           Grade    
                                                   E4         

                                               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:  ( X ) NONE

7.  Court-Martial data:

	a.  SCM:   ( X ) NONE
	
	b.  SPCM:  ( X ) NONE              
	
	c.  GCM:	 ( X ) NONE               

8.	Remarks:  ( X ) NONE

SECTION B - Other Service Data
( X ) NONE

            

	CASE NO:  AD97-00653

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

1.  Summary of facts and circumstances concerning discharge:

    Note:    Applicant’s physical examination not in file.

    920401:  Mental status evaluation cleared applicant for separation.
    920428:  Unit commander notified the applicant of initiation of
             separation action under the provisions of Chapter 13,
             AR 635-200, for unsatisfactory performance.  He was advised
             of his rights.
    920501:  Applicant acknowledged notification, consulted legal counsel,
             waived a hearing by a board of officers and submitted a 
             statement in his own behalf.
    920511:  Unit commander recommended separation with a general discharge
             and recommended that rehabilitative requirements be waived.
    920512:  Intermediate commander recommended approval with a general under 
             honorable conditions discharge.
    920514:  Separation authority waived rehabilitation and directed transfer
             to the Individual Ready Reserve with service characterized as
             general under honorable conditions discharge.
    920617:  Applicant was released from active duty.

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 970130.

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

				CASE NO:  AD97-00653

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:  (2) Characterization of service too harsh.

    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.

        (2)  The issue is accepted.  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 noted that the applicant was discharged for the sole reason of a failure to meet the minimum standards of the Army Physical Fitness Test.  The Board also noted the lack of any other derogatory information in the record.  Accordingly, the Board voted to grant relief by changing the characterization of service to fully honorable.  The Board found the reason for discharge was proper and equitable and voted not to change it.

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

	Inasmuch as the Board voted to grant the full relief requested, responses to the remaining issue is neither required nor rendered.

			CASE NO:  AD97-00653

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.
	( X )	Inequitable as to characterization.  Change characterization to  Honorable Discharge       .
	(   )	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

				CASE NO:  AD97-00653

PART VII - BOARD ACTION
SECTION B - Verification and Authentication

Case report reviewed and verified	

                          	
COL MELCHOIR                                                                              
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.
		( 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 
		                                         .
		(   )  Other (see remarks below).

Remarks:  

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: 

AD9700653         970417    GD    920617    AR 635-200  C13   A4900   HD 5-0 A
1          10 11 12        18    20        26                41      46 49  52

                  A9406   A0100   A9203                              
                 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 PHILLIPS, JOHN S.       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