PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:             5 April 2000                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR999033047

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Stanley Kelley		Member	
	Mr. Lester Echols		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 item 11d (effective date) of his discharge on his DD Form 214, Report of Transfer or Discharge be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 currently shows that he was discharged on 12 February 1957, however, his actual discharge date was         12 September 1957.  If he were discharged on 12 February 1957 he would not have the 1 year, 8 months and 3 days service with which he is credited on        DD Form 214.

4.  In support of his request, he has provided a copy of his DD Form 214, a copy of his Honorable Discharge Certificate showing his discharge date as                12 September 1957 and a copy of Special Order Number 253, dated                  10 September 1957, showing his discharge date as 12 September 1957.

5.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.  Information herein was derived from documents provided by the applicant.  His DD Form 214 shows that he enlisted for 3 years on 10 January 1956 and was honorably separated on 12 February 1957 with 1 year, 8 months and 3 days service in the grade of private first class.

6.  The orders and discharge certificate provided by the applicant show his discharge date as 12 September 1957.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence provided by the applicant substantiates that the discharge date shown in block 11d of his DD Form 214 is incorrect.  Based on the date currently shown (12 February 1957) he would not have accumulated 1 year, 8 months and 3 days service.  However, that length of service is consistent with a discharge date of 12 September 1957, which is the date reflected on the orders and discharge certificate he has provided.

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 changing the effective date in block 11d of DD Form 214 of the individual concerned to show 12 September 1957.

BOARD VOTE:  

__rvo ___  __sk____  __le______  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		_______Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030347	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	2000.04.05	
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.  110.01		
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