PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           23 March 2000                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999031606

	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.  

	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Shirley L. Powell		Chairperson	
	Mr. Roger Able		Member	
	Mr. James E. Anderholm		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, Report of Separation, be corrected to show his correct date of entry on active duty and a date of rank of  14 June 1992.

3.  The applicant states that he was in the Pennsylvania National Guard until       3 December 1992, when he was discharged for enlistment in the Regular Army on 4 December 1992.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Army National Guard on 24 August 1989.  He served 5 months and 12 days of initial active duty for training in 1990/1991.  He was promoted to Specialist, E-4 on 14 June 1992.  He was separated from the Army National Guard on 3 December 1992.  He enlisted in the Regular Army on 4 December 1992 in pay grade E-4 with a date of grade of 4 December 1992.  He was discharged for parenthood on                30 September 1998.  His DD Form 214, item 12a erroneously shows that he entered active duty that period on 22 June 1992; item 12c erroneously shows that he had 6 years, 3 months and 9 days of net active service that period; and item 12h erroneously shows his date of pay grade as 21 August 1996.

5.  Army Regulation 601-210 governs eligibility criteria for enlistment into the Regular Army and the U. S. Army Reserve.  The Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Recruiting Policy Branch states that the notes to tables 3-3 and 3-4 of the 1 August 1991 version of this regulation are to be read to provide that a reserve component soldier who is discharged for immediate enlistment in the Regular Army will hold the grade and date of rank that he held in his reserve component. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record shows that the applicant was promoted to Specialist, E-4 on 14 June 1992 while he was in the Army National Guard.  He enlisted in the Regular Army on 4 December 1992 directly from the Army National Guard and was discharged on 30 September 1998 for a total net active service for that period of 5 years, 9 months and 27 days.  His DD Form 214 for the period ending 30 September 1998 erroneously shows he entered active duty on 22 June 1992, had 6 years, 3 months and 9 days of net active service for that period and that his date of pay grade was 21 August 1996.

2.  In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by amending the applicant’s DD Form 214 for the period ending 30 September 1998, item 12a to read 1992 12 04, item 12c to read 0005 09 27 and item 12h to read 1992 06 14.

BOARD VOTE:  

__slp___  __ra____  __jea___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Shirley L. Powell
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999031606	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20000323	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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