PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:             9 March 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999031069

	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:

	Ms. June Hajjar		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas D. Howard, Jr.		Member	
	Ms. Carol Jo Suiter		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 term of enlistment of 8 years as shown on DD Form 4/1 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document) be corrected to show 4 years.

3.  The applicant states that, in effect, the 8 year term of enlistment shown in item 8 of DD Form 4/1 is in error and is not in agreement with the length of his enlistment in the Regular Army shown in item 1. g., of DA Form 3286-63 (Statement of Enlistment). 

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 10 August 1999 for a period of 4 years, however, line 8 of DD Form 4/1 reflects a term of service of 8 years.  

5.  In an opinion to this Board the US Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) recommends that the applicant’s term of enlistment be changed to read 4 years instead of 8 years.  The opinion was sent to the applicant for comment but he did not reply.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The annexes to the applicant’s enlistment contract and the opinion of the PERSCOM support the fact that the applicant’s 8-year term of enlistment is in error.  He actually enlisted for 4 years on 10 August 1999.

2.  Accordingly, item 8 of his DD Form 4/1 should be changed to reflect a term of service of 4 years.

3.  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 that the individual concerned was enlisted in the Regular Army for a term of 4 years on 10 August 1999.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jh ____  __tdh____  _cjs_____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____June Hajjar______________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031069	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000309	
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.  112.03		
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