PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:  10 May 2000
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999031605

	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	
	Mr. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Margaret Patterson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas B. Redfern		Member	
	Mr. George D. Paxson		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, in effect, that his DD Forms 214 (Report of Separation) include his prior active service for basic training.

3.  The applicant states that he recently located proof of his active duty.

4.  The applicant’s available military records do not contain his initial enlistment documents or orders for his initial active duty for training.  However, his records do contain a DD Form 220 (Active Duty Report) which shows that he was at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for basic training from 1 June through 4 August 1989.

5.  The applicant’s DD Form 214 issued on 18 July 1990, upon completion of 1 month and 12 days training as a combat engineer, shows NA in the block for prior active duty.  His DD Form 214 issued on 10 September 1996 after completion of another active duty period of almost 3 years shows 1 month and 12 days prior active service.

6.  AR 635-5 provides the policy for preparation of separation documents, including the DD Form 214.  It provides that all periods of prior active duty will be accounted for on all subsequent separation documents.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is sufficient evidence of record to show that the applicant served on active duty for 2 months and 4 days that is not accounted for on either of his DD Forms 214.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case for the individual concerned be corrected by:

a.  correcting block 12d. of his DD Form 214 issued on 18 July 1990 to show 2 months and 4 days prior active service; and

	b.  correcting block 12d. of his DD Form 214 issued on 10 September 1996 to show 3 months and 16 days prior active service.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

_MP___  ___TR__  __GP___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___ Margaret Patterson ____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031605	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000510	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	113.00	
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6.