PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                 9 March 2000 
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999030125

	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.  

	Ms. Beverly A. Young		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas D. Howard, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		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 correction of his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation—Honorable Discharge) to show his place of birth as “Lynchburg, Tennessee” instead of “Lynchburg, Pennsylvania”.

3.  The applicant states that his place of birth on his discharge paperwork is listed as “Lynchburg, Pennsylvania”, but his correct place of birth is “Lynchburg, Tennessee”.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted on 31 August 1942.  He completed training as a duty soldier and served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater of Operations from 23 November 1942 to 16 August 1943.  The applicant was separated from active duty on 6 December 1945.

5.  The applicant’s WD AGO Form 53-55 shows the entry “Lynchburg, PA” in item 11 (Place of Birth).

6.  The applicant’s personnel records contain a DSS Form 221 (Report of Physical Examination and Induction) and clinical records which show his birthplace as “Lynchburg, Tennessee”.

7.  Department of the Army Technical Manual TM12-235, in effect at the time, established the policies and procedures for completion and distribution of the WD AGO Form 53-55.  It states, in pertinent part, that the individual’s place of birth will be entered in Item 11 (Place of Birth) of the WD AGO Form 53-55.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant’s place of birth as “Lynchburg, Tennessee”.  However, through an administrative error, the applicant’s place of birth was incorrectly recorded in item 11 on his WD AGO Form 53-55 as “Lynchburg, Pennsylvania”.  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of item 11 of his discharge document to show the entry “Lynchburg, Tennessee”.

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 the entry “Lynchburg, Tennessee” in item 11 of the WD AGO Form 53-55 of the individual concerned.

BOARD VOTE:  

JH______  TDH_____  CJS____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		June Hajjar___________
		CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030125	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000309	
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.	100.00	
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5.		
6.