PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  20 April 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999030527

	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. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Chairperson	
	Ms. Margaret V. Thompson		Member	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		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 date of birth on his DD Form 214 (report of separation) be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that his date of birth is 15 April 1931 not 1921.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted and entered active duty on 29 May 1951.  All of his enlistment documents and requests for officer training show a date of birth as 15 April 1931.  After completion of officer training he was separated from his enlisted status on 15 May 1952 to accept appointment as a second lieutenant.  The DD Form 214 for this period of service shows a date of birth of 15 April 1931.

5.  Effective 17 October 1953 the applicant was separated from active duty.  The DD Form 214 for this period of service shows his date of birth as 15 April 1921.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Based on the evidence of record the applicant is entitled to have his date of birth on his final DD Form 214 corrected to show 15 April 1931.

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 date of birth for the individual concerned to 15 April 1931 on his DD Form 214 effective 17 October 1953.

BOARD VOTE:  

__WM__  ___MT___  __RA____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Walter T. Morrison___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030527	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000420	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.02	
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6.