PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:            3 May 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999030814

	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. Walter Avery, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. John H. Kern		Member	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		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 DD Form 214 be corrected to reflect a 90-day period of service.

3.  The applicant states that in reviewing his DD Form 214 he noted it reflected his period of service as 2 months and 27 days.

4.  The applicant’s military records show a date of birth of 11 January 1948, his place of birth as Frederick, Maryland, that he is a high school graduate and that he was inducted on 16 November 1967.  On approximately 27 November 1967 he was assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, United States Army Training Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina for basic combat and infantryman training.  He did not complete infantryman training, but did achieve the rank of private.  He was placed on excess leave for the period 23 December 1967 to 1 January 1968.  On 6 February 1968 a medical board determined that the applicant suffered a medical condition that existed prior to service.  On 12 February 1968, Headquarters Personnel Center United States Army Garrison Troop Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina issued Special Orders 33, directing the discharge of the applicant, accordingly on 13 February 1968 he was separated honorably for physical disability without severance pay due to a condition that existed prior to service.

5.  Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation, Volume 7A, provides in pertinent part, that creditable service is computed by subtracting the induction date from the separation date and adding one day.  Utilizing the dates reflected on the DD Form 214 the computation is:

                                                                   68   02   13 - date of separation
                                                                -  67   11   16 - date of induction
                                                                   00   02   27 
                                                                                +01 day

                Total Active Service:  00 years, 02 months, 28 days

CONCLUSIONS:

The computation procedure as directed by Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation, Volume 7A results in the applicant’s total active service being 2 months and 28 days.  The current DD 214 incorrectly reflects 2 months and 27 days, indicating a failure to add the one day as prescribed by the formula, therefore the applicant’s record should be revised to show the addition of one day creditable service.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the applicant’s total active service is 00 years, 02 months and 28 days.

BOARD VOTE:  

___rvo __  ___jhk __  ___ewl __  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999030814	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000503	
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.  112.07		
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