RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER:  BC-2019-03315

XXXXXXXXXXXXX	COUNSEL:  NONE

	HEARING REQUESTED:  NO

APPLICANT’S REQUEST

The social security number (SSN) on his DD Form 214, Report of Separation from Active Duty, be corrected.

APPLICANT’S CONTENTIONS

The social security number on his DD Form 214 is XXX-XX-XXXX.  His actual social security number is XXX-XX-XXXX.

The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant is an honorably discharged Air Force sergeant (E-4).

The applicant served in the Air Force from 6 Jun 73 to 5 Jun 77, with a SSN recorded as both XXX-XX-XXXX and XXX-XX-XXXX.  

On 6 Jun 73, the applicant enlisted in the Air Force with the SSN XXX-XX-XXXX.

On 14 Feb 77, DD Form 1343, Notification of Change in Service Member’s Official Record, amended the applicant’s SSN to reflect XXX-XX-XXXX. 

On 16 May 77, AF Form 100, Request and Authorization for Separation, was published using XXX-XX-XXXX, but reflects a pen-ink change to XXX-XX-XXXX.

On 5 Jun 77, the applicant was furnished an honorable discharge, and credited with 4 years active service, with the DD Form 214 reflecting the SSN XXX-XX-XXXX.

On 25 Nov 19, according to documentation provided by the applicant, the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued him a document, which indicates a different SSN from the SSN on the applicant’s DD Form 214. 

For more information, see the excerpt of the applicant’s record at Exhibit B.

APPLICABLE AUTHORITY

AFI 36-2608, Military Personnel Records System, Table A7.1 (Correcting SSN in Records), provides as follows:  Do not correct records of former Airmen unless evidence proves the SSN used while serving with the Air Force was incorrect or erroneously recorded.  Required proof is an unaltered original document from the Social Security Administration (SSA), showing the applicant’s name, the old or erroneous SSN, and the new or correct SSN.

FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

1.  The application was not timely filed, but it is in the interest of justice to excuse the delay.

2.  The applicant exhausted all available non-judicial relief before applying to the Board.

3.  After reviewing all Exhibits, the Board concludes the applicant is the victim of an error.  The Board finds the applicant’s SSN, corrected while the applicant was still serving with the Air Force, continued to be incorrectly or erroneously recorded.  Therefore, the Board recommends correcting the applicant’s records as indicated below.

RECOMMENDATION

The pertinent military records of the Department of the Air Force relating to APPLICANT be corrected to show the DD Form 214, Report of Separation from Active Duty, issued in conjunction with the 5 Jun 77 discharge, be changed to reflect the correct Social Security Number in Block 3.

CERTIFICATION

The following quorum of the Board, as defined in Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36-2603, Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records (AFBCMR), paragraph 1.5, considered Docket Number BC-2019-03315 in Executive Session on 22 Oct 20:

, Panel Chair 
, Panel Member
, Panel Member

All members voted to correct the record.  The panel considered the following:

Exhibit A:	Application, DD Form 149, w/atchs, dated 20 Jun 19.
Exhibit B:	Documentary Evidence, including relevant excerpts from official records.

Taken together with all Exhibits, this document constitutes the true and complete Record of Proceedings, as required by AFI 36-2603, paragraph 4.11.9.