PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           25 May 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999031460

	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	
	Ms. Wanda L. Waller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Elzey J. Arledge, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ernest W. Lutz, Jr.		Member	
	Mr. Kenneth L. Wright		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, as the widow of a deceased former service member (FSM), that her husband’s certificate awarding the Vietnamese “Gallantry Cross w/Bronze Star” be corrected to reflect his correct Social Security Account Number. 

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that the second digit of the FSM’s Social Security Number shown on the certificate should be a “2” instead of an “8”.  In support of her application, she submits a copy of the FSM’s certificate awarding the Vietnamese “Gallantry Cross w/Bronze Star”.

4.  The FSM’s military records show active duty service from 19 March 1958 to 18 December 1956 and from 29 August 1959 to 14 August 1962 in an enlisted status.  He was commissioned a second lieutenant on 31 May 1968, served as a platoon leader in Vietnam from 2 September 1969 through 3 April 1971 and was released from active duty on 4 April 1971.  The FSM subsequently completed over 21 years of service in the USAR and the Army National Guard and was transferred to the USAR Retired List on 19 May 1993.

5.  Item 3 (Social Security Number) of the FSM’s DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) with an effective date of 4 April 1971 shows the second digit as “2”.

6.  The applicant provided a copy of a certificate awarding the FSM the Vietnamese “Gallantry Cross w/Bronze Star” and the second digit of the Social Security Number is an “8”.  

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The FSM’s Social Security Number was incorrectly entered on the certificate provided by the applicant, in that, the second digit was incorrectly entered as an “8” instead of a “2”.  Therefore, the FSM’s certificate should be corrected at this time.

2.  In view of the foregoing, the FSM’s records should be corrected as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That an official certificate be prepared to correct the second digit of the FSM’s Social Security Number to show a “2”. 

BOARD VOTE:  

EJA____  EWL_____  KLW___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		Elzey J. Arledge, Jr._
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031460	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000525	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19710404	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-120 Chapter 3	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.0900	
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