PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            11 May 2000                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR1999033076

	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. Walter Avery, Jr.		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. James M. Alward		Member	
	Mr. Christopher J. Prosser		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 reentry (RE) code of RE-3 be changed to   RE-1.

3.  He states that the RE-3 code is an error.

4.  His military records show that he enlisted on 23 July 1992, for a period of       2 years, 16 weeks and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service on 11 November 1994 in pay grade E-3.

5.  His DD Form 214, shows the authority for discharge as Army Regulation  635-200, Chapter 4, his separation program code (SPD) as MBK, and his         RE code as RE-3.  His record contains no evidence of disciplinary or other adverse actions during his term of service.

6.  Army Regulation 635-200, Enlisted Separations, states, in pertinent part, that a soldier being separated upon expiration of enlistment will be awarded a character of service of honorable.

7.  Army Regulation 635-5, Personnel Separations, the regulation governing preparation of the DD Form 214, states in pertinent part that based on SPD code MBK the corresponding RE code should be RE-1.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record in this case appears to show that the applicant was incorrectly assigned the wrong RE code at the time of his separation from active duty.

2.  Based on the absence of any indication of disciplinary or other adverse action in his record, and the fact that he was awarded a SPD code of MBK, he should have been assigned RE-1 code instead of the RE-3 code he received.

3.  In view of the foregoing, it would be appropriate to correct his military records 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 assigned an RE-1 code on the   DD Form 214 issued to him on 1 November 1994.

BOARD VOTE:  

 rvo    jma   cjp GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION

		            Raymond V. O'Connor, Jr.    
		CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AC	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20000511	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR .  .  .  .  .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT 	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.		
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.