PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            22 March 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029617

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

	Mr. Jessie B. Strickland		Analyst	

The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. James M. Alward		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Member	
	Mr. Arthur A. Omartian		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
            records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests that his report of separation (WD AGO Form 53-55) be corrected to reflect the correct year of his service in Luzon.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his records incorrectly reflect that he departed for Luzon on 4 September and arrived on 27 September 1944 when in fact it was in 1945.  He further states that he did not enter active duty until 13 November 1944 and that he could not have been there in 1944 when he was not on active duty.  He also states that he served with Company I of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division and that the division did not arrive in the Philippines until November 1944.   

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.  However, records obtained from alternate sources show that he enlisted in the Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC) (now known as the USAR) on 25 April 1944 and entered active duty on 13 November 1944.  He served as a demolitions specialist with the 511th parachute infantry regiment until he was returned to Fort Meade, Maryland and was honorably discharged on 9 November 1946.  His records also show that he served overseas for 1 year and 22 days and in block 36 that he departed for Luzon on 4 September 1944 and arrived there on 27 September 1944.  He remained in Luzon until 13 September 1946.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The available evidence clearly indicates that an administrative error resulted in the applicant being credited with departing for service in Luzon on 4 September and arriving on 27 September 1944 when in fact it was in 1945.

2.  Accordingly, his records should be corrected to reflect the year 1945 instead of 1944 as currently reflected.

3.  In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned departed for Luzon on 4 September 1945 instead of the year 1944 and that he arrived there on 27 September 1945.

BOARD VOTE:  

___ja ___  __tsk___  ____ao __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____James M. Alward_____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029617	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2000/03/22	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  189	110.0000	
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