RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE MATTER OF:	DOCKET NUMBER: BC-2020-00520

XXXXXXXXX	COUNSEL: NONE

	HEARING REQUESTED: NO 
	
APPLICANT’S REQUEST

The date of birth (DOB) on his DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, be corrected.

APPLICANT’S CONTENTIONS

His DOB should be XX XXX XX and not XX XXX XX.

The applicant’s complete submission is at Exhibit A.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant is a discharged Air Force airman (E-2).

The applicant served in the Air Force from 19 Mar 76 to 30 Dec 83, with a DOB recorded as XX XXX XX on the DD Form 214 he provided. 

The applicant provided a certified birth certificate dated XX XXX XX, which indicates a different DOB from the DOB on his DD Form 214. 

APPLICABLE AUTHORITY

AFI 36-2608, Military Personnel Records System, Table A7.5 (Correction to Date of Birth), Note 3, provides as follows:  Do not correct records of former members unless evidence proves the date of birth used while serving with the Air Force was erroneously recorded.  Required proof is an unaltered original document from the jurisdiction of the applicant’s birth, showing the applicant’s name and date of birth.

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 the date of birth on the DD Form 214 was 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 that the DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, issued in conjunction with the 30 Dec 83 discharge, be changed to reflect the correct DOB in Block 5.

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-2020-00520 in Executive Session on 24 Sep 20:

, Chair, AFBCMR
, 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 5 Nov 19.

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.