PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:            

	BOARD DATE:                 30 March 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:        AR1999031595

	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.  

	Ms. Joyce A. Wright		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Chairperson	
	Mr. Hubert O. Fry, Jr.		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 correction of his Honorable Discharge Certificate, dated 28 December 1971, to show the first three digits of his Social Security Number (SSAN) as.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that the first three digits of his SSAN are incorrect on his Honorable Discharge Certificate, dated 28 December 1971.  
In support of his application he submits a copy of his discharge certificate, a copy of his Social Security Card and a copy of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).

4.  The applicant’s military records show he entered active duty on 29 December 1965 and served until he was honorably discharged on 10 December 1968 and transferred to the USAR Control Group (Annual Training).  The applicant served in the USAR until 28 December 1971.  His discharge certificate from the USAR shows the first three digits of his SSAN as.  The Social Security card provided by the applicant shows his first three digits of his SSAN as.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Evidence of record shows the first three digits of the applicant’s SSAN are  .  Therefore, he is entitled to correction of his Honorable Discharge Certificate dated 28 December 1971 to show his first three digits as.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Honorable Discharge Certificate of the individual concerned, dated 28 December 1971, be corrected by showing the first three digits of his SSAN as 

BOARD VOTE:  

BJE_____  HOF____  EWL____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		____Barbara J. Ellis_____________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031595	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000330	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	HD	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	19681210	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR 635-200	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  1021		
2.   		
3.  		
4.		
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6.