CASE NO:  AD97-01376

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

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

2.  Date of discharge (or REFRAD):  940526                                     

3.  Authority for separation:

	a.  Regulation:  Chapter 3, AR 635-200                                    

	b.  Reason:	Court Martial, Other
                           
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:  4 Years               NDSM
b.  Entry date:  881026                        OSR
c.  Age:  24 Years   DOB:  640215                                          
d.  Educational level:  HS Grad                                            
e.  Aptitude area scores:  ( X ) NIF/NA
	    GT:  104                               3.  Highest grade achieved:
    f.  Actual creditable service:  5  Years            
        7  Months  1  Day                          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:

	a.  SCM:   ( X ) NONE
	
	b.  SPCM:
		Date   	Offense(s)
		901105	Wrongful use of marijuana (900723)

	c.  GCM:	 ( X ) NONE               

8.	Remarks:  ( X ) NONE

SECTION B - Other Service Data

1.  Other discharge(s):

	Service		Type
	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:

	901105:  Applicant was found guilty by a special court-martial of wrongful
		use of marijuana (900723).  She was sentenced to be discharged with
		a Bad Conduct Discharge, forfeiture of $300.00 pay for one month and
		reduction to E-1.
	910205:  The sentence was approved.  The record of trial was forwarded to the
		Judge Advocate General of the Army for review by the Court of
		Military Review.
	920225:  The United States Army Court of Military Review affirmed the
		approved findings of guilty and the sentence.
	940401:  The sentence having been affirmed pursuant to Article 66 and Article
		71(c) having been complied with, the sentence was ordered to be
		executed.
	940526:  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 970305.
    B-1:  DD Form 293, with ten (17) 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   (   ) 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:  ( 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.

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.

                  Military Review Boards Agency
                  ATTN:  Promulgation Team
                  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

(X) NONE

SECTION B - CERTIFICATION

Approval Authority:

WILLIAM E. MATHEWS
Colonel, U.S. Army
President, Army Discharge
   Review Board

Official:

JIMMY R. WYRICK
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Chief, Secretary Recorder

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

INDEX RECORD:

AD9701376         980128    BD    940526    AR 635-200 C3     A6800    NC 5-0A
1          10 11 12        18    20        26                41       46 49 52

                  A0113   A0100   A9235   A9217   A9221                       
                 53      58      63      68      73                           

AD                                    

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PART IX - VOTING RECORD

    Name                                   Reason          Characterization
                                           CHANGE   NC     HON  UHC   NC  UNCHAR

    1. LTC WYRICK, JIMMY R.            Mbr          X                 X       

    2. LTC SMITH, LILLIAN C.           Mbr          X                 X       

    3. COL JACKSON, MICHAEL H.         Mbr          X                 X       

    4. COL MILLER, JOEL D.             Mbr          X                 X       

    5. COL MELCHIOR, ROBERT J.         PO           X                 X