PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            15 March 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999030272

	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. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret K. Patterson		Member	
	Mr. Van B. Cunningham		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 (DD Form 214) be corrected to reflect his correct date of discharge.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his DD Form 214 incorrectly reflects that he was discharged on 8 July 1956, 2 days prior to his being inducted.  In support of his application he submits a copy of his DD Form 214. 

4.  The applicant’s military records were destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center that destroyed millions of service records.  However, the DD Form 214 provided by the applicant shows that he was inducted in Columbus, Ohio on 10 July 1956, underwent training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and Fort Knox, Kentucky as an equipment repairman in 1956 and 1957, and served in Europe for 1 year, 3 months and 8 days.  He was promoted to the pay grade of E-4 on 4 March 1958 and continued to serve in Europe until he was returned to Fort Dix, New Jersey for separation under the early separation of overseas returnee program.  He was honorably released from active duty (REFRAD) on 8 July 1958 and was transferred to the USAR.  He had served 1 year, 11 months and 29 days of total active service.  However, at the time of separation, his DD Form 214 reflects that he was REFRAD on 8 July 1956.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant has submitted sufficient evidence to the Board to show that an administrative error at the time of REFRAD resulted in an incorrect effective date of REFRAD being entered on that document.

2.  The evidence clearly shows that he was inducted on 10 July 1956, that he attended training in 1956 and 1957, that he served in Europe for 1 year, 3 months, and 8 days, and that he was promoted to the pay grade of E-4 on 4 March 1958.

3.  Accordingly, it is reasonable to presume based on the available evidence that he was REFRAD effective 8 July 1958 instead of 8 July 1956, as currently reflected on his DD Form 214.

4.  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 was REFRAD effective 8 July 1958 instead of 8 July 1956 as currently reflected on his DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:  

___mkp__  __rvo___  ___vbc __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030272	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	2000/03/15	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  190 	110.0100/corr date of REFRAD	
2.		
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6.