PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:            20 July 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999029635

	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. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Ms. Gale J. Thomas		Analyst	

The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Samuel A. Crumpler		Chairperson	
	Mr. Kenneth L. Wright		Member	
	Ms. Ann M. Campbell		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 records be corrected to show he retired in the grade of First Sergeant/E-8, instead of Master Sergeant/E-8.

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) should reflect the rank of First Sergeant, that he had been misinformed by his retirement counselor until he reviewed Army Regulation 635-200.  

4.  The applicant’s military records show he was promoted to pay grade E-8 on 
1 February 1993 and served as a First Sergeant from 18 January 1993 until
17 November 1995 when he was laterally appointed to the grade of Master Sergeant.   

5.  On 31 August 1997, the applicant was retired as a Master Sergeant/E-8. 

6.  Army Regulation 635-200, in pertinent part, states that noncommissioned officers holding the grade of Master Sergeant/E-8, who were former First Sergeants will be placed on the retired list in the grade title of “First Sergeant.”

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant served as First Sergeant from 18 January 1993 until 17 November 1995, and as such should have been retired in the grade title of First Sergeant.

2.  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 applicant was retired in the grade title of First Sergeant.

BOARD VOTE:  

___sac__  ___klw__  __amc___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

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		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999029635	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000720	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.   110.00		
2.		
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5.		
6.