CASE NO:  AD97-00746

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

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

2.  Date of discharge (or REFRAD):  880909                                     

3.  Authority for separation:

	a.  Regulation:  Chapter 5, AR 635-200                                    

	b.  Reason:	Failure To Meet Body Fat Standards
                           
4.  Prior review(s):  ( X ) NONE

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

1.	Service data:                              2.  Awards and decorations:
                                                   Type
                                               GCMDL
a.  Period entered for:  6 Years               NDSM
b.  Entry date:  830914                        OSR
c.  Age:  27 Years   DOB:  560218                                          
d.  Educational level:  HS Grad                                            
e.  Aptitude area scores:  ( X ) NIF/NA
	    GT:  102                               3.  Highest grade achieved:
    f.  Actual creditable service:  4  Years            
        11 Months  26 Days                         Grade    
                                                   E5        

                                               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:  ( X ) NONE
	
8.	Remarks:  ( X ) NONE

SECTION B - Other Service Data

1.  Other discharge(s):                  

	Service       Type           
	USAR		HD
	RA		HD
	RA		HD

            

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

1.  Summary of facts and circumstances concerning discharge:

	850828:  Unit commander notified the applicant of initiation of separation
	         action under the provisions of Chapter 5, AR 635-200, for failure to
	         meet body fat standards.  He was advised of his rights.
	Undated: Separation authority approved separation with a honorable discharge,
	         and transferred applicant to the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).
	850909:  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 961019.

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:
	    (   )	Additional issue(s) identified during review/hearing as follows:

    b.  Request:  (   ) Recharacterization    ( X ) 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.  

        (1)  The issue is rejected.  The issue is not in the purview of the ADRB.  The issue may be addressed to the Army Board for Correction to Military Records.  The Board found no evidence of arbitrary or capricious actions by the command.  The Board, being convinced that the reason for discharge and the characterization of service were both proper and equitable, voted to deny relief.

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                      .
	( 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       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 PHILLIPS
Post Hearing Reviewer	

PART VIII - DIRECTIVE/CERTIFICATION
SECTION A - DIRECTIVE

(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: 

AD9700746         970321    HD    880909    AR635-200 C5      A1300    NC 5-0 A
1          10 11 12        18    20        26                41       46 49  52

                  A0113   A0100   A9445                             
                 53      58      63                                 

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PART IX - VOTING RECORD

    Name                                   Reason          Characterization
                                           CHANGE   NC     HON  UHC   NC  UNCHAR

    1.  MAJ WYRICK, JIMMY              Mbr          X                 X       

    2.  LTC PHILLIPS, JOHN             Mbr          X                 X       

    3.  LTC SMITH, LILLIAN             Mbr          X                 X       

    4.  COL ALLEN, THOMAS              Mbr          X                 X       

    5.  COL MATHEWS, WILLIAM           PO           X                 X