PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:   

	BOARD DATE:  13 June 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999030509

	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	
	Mr. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Elizabeth Buchanon		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Member	
	Mr. John H. Kern		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 discharge (WD AGO Form 53-55) show his correct place of birth and his combat unit of assignment.

3.  The applicant states that his place of birth is incorrect and his unit at discharge was where he was sent for separation.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he was inducted and entered active duty on 12 January 1943.  He served as a military policeman in the Pacific Theater from June 1943 to October 1945.  He was separated from active duty on 12 November 1945 as a result of demobilization.

5.  Block of his WD AGO Form 53-55 shows his organization as the 38th  Infantry Division and block 11 shows his place of birth as Schenectady, New York.

6.  The applicant’s report of medical examination at induction records his place of birth as Watervliet, New York.  His service record shows that his unit of assignment during his almost 2 ½ years in the Pacific Theater was the MP Platoon, 32nd Infantry Division.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is sufficient evidence of record to show that the applicant’s place of birth was Watervliet, New York and his major unit of assignment just prior to separation was the MP Platoon, 32nd Infantry Division.

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 for the individual concerned by correcting his WD AGO Form 53-55 to show his place of birth as Watervliet, New York and his major unit of assignment at separation as the MP Platoon, 32nd Infantry Division.

BOARD VOTE:  

__EB___  __BE____  __JK____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___ Elizabeth Buchanon ____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030509	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000613	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
2.		
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