CASE NO:  AD97-00702

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

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

2.  Date of discharge (or REFRAD):  920210                                     

3.  Authority for separation:

	a.  Regulation:  Chapter 14, AR 635-200

	b.  Reason:	Misconduct - Abuse of Illegal Drugs
                           
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:  900806                        NDSM
c.  Age:  20 Years   DOB:  691104              ASR                         
d.  Educational level:  HS Grad                                            
e.  Aptitude area scores:  ( X ) NIF/NA
	    GT:  91                                3.  Highest grade achieved:
    f.  Actual creditable service:  1  Year             
        6  Months  5  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    910325 (Summarized)
    Art 15    910717 (Summarized)
    Art 15    911203

7.  Court-Martial data:  ( X ) NONE

8.	Remarks:  ( X ) NONE

SECTION B - Other Service Data
( X ) NONE

            

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

1.  Summary of facts and circumstances concerning discharge:

    911210:  Unit commander notified the applicant of initiation of separation 
             action under the provisions of Chapter 14, AR 635-200, for misconduct - 
             abuse of illegal drugs.  He was advised of his rights.
    920204:  Separation authority approved separation with an under other than 
             honorable conditions discharge.
    920210:  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 970114.

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 5.  The reason for discharge 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 number below corresponds to the issue
                    number on the DD Form 293, or in Part VI, Paragraph 1, above.

        (5)  The issue is accepted.  The Board noted that the separation authority approved the applicant’s separation for a pattern of misconduct.  However, on his DD Form 214, the reason for discharge was improperly changed to misconduct - abuse of illegal drugs, by an authority involved in the discharge process.  Regulations currently in effect list the reason for the applicant’s discharge as misconduct.  Therefore, the Board voted to change the reason for separation to misconduct.  		
 	b.  Equity:	The  parenthetical numbers below corresponds to the issue numbers on the DD Form 293, or in Part VI, Paragraph 1, above.

      

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

                          	
LTC WHISKER                                                                              
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                  	

INDEX RECORD: 

AD9700702         970409    UD    920210    AR 635-200  C14   A6750    MD 5-0 A
1          10 11 12        18    20        26                41       46 49  52

                  A0156   A0100   A9411   A9217   A9447                      
                 53      58      63      68      73                           
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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.    LTC SMITH, LILLIAN C.        Mbr    X                       X       

    4.    LTC WHISKER, JILL M.         Mbr    X                       X       

    5.    COL ALLEN, THOMAS J.         PO     X                       X