PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:                1 March 2000              
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999030292

	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:

	Mr. George D. Paxson		Chairperson	
	Ms. Melinda M. Darby		Member	
	Mr. John Saputo		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 date of birth on his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his date of birth is incorrect on his DD Form 214.  In support of his application, he submits photocopies of his DD Form 214 and a Delayed Certificate of Birth.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he initially enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve on 11 May 1978 and completed training as a materiel supplyman.  On 23 March 1979, he enlisted in the Regular Army, served in Germany and was discharged on 1 February 1982.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 shows his date of birth as “24 May 1964”.  His birth certificate and enlistment records show his date of birth as “24 May 1954”.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  In pertinent part, it directs that the date of birth will be entered in the appropriate item of the DD Form 214.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the applicant’s date of birth as “24 May 1954”; therefore, he is entitled to correction of his DD Form 214 to show this date.

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 date of birth of the individual concerned as “24 May 1954”.

BOARD VOTE:  

GDP____  MMD____  JS______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		George D. Paxson______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030292	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000301	
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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