PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF: 

	BOARD DATE:           28 October 1999
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999015042

	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. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mr. David H. Keller		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Thomas D. Howard Jr.		Chairperson	
	Mr. Thomas N. Kuhn		Member	
	Mr. James P. Steuve		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 Forms 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be amended to show correct periods of prior active service.

3.  The applicant states that his DD Form 214 covering the period 14 June 1993 to 9 August 1993 should show 1 month and 26 days total prior active service; and his DD Form 214 covering the period 15 September 1997 to 1 April 1998 should show 3 months and 22 days total prior active service and 5 years, 
4 months and 12 days total prior inactive service.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Texas Army Nation Guard (ARNG) on 9 March 1992 and was subsequently ordered to initial active duty for training, for basic training, under the Alternate (Split) Training Program.

5.  The applicant entered active duty on 8 June 1992 and was assigned to Fort Knox, Kentucky, for basic training.  He completed his training and departed for home on 14 August 1992, for a total of 2 months and 7 days active duty.  There is no record of a DD Form 214 being issued for this period of active duty; however, there is a DA Form 220 (Active Duty Report) and a DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record) on file in the applicant’s records to support these dates.

6.  The applicant was ordered to active duty for advanced individual training (AIT) effective 14 June 1993.  He received an entry level status discharge on 9 August 1993 with 1 month and 26 days creditable active service.  His DD Form 214 shows no total prior active service, and 1 year, 3 months and 5 days total prior inactive service.  He was also discharged from the Texas ARNG the same day.

7.  After a 4-year break in service, the applicant enlisted in the Montana ARNG on 5 September 1997.  Standard Installation/Division Personnel System (SIDPERS) reports maintained at the Butte, Montana, Military Entrance Processing Station shows he subsequently reported for initial active duty for training for AIT on 11 November 1997.

8.  The applicant was separated from active duty for training on 1 April 1998 at Fort Gordon, Georgia.  His DD Form 214 shows he entered active duty on 
15 September 1997 for a net active service total of 6 months and 17 days, which is incorrect.  The form also shows 1 month and 26 days total prior active service, and no total prior inactive service.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence shows that the applicant served on active duty from 8 June 1992 to 14 August 1992, for a total of 2 months and 7 days active service.

2.  An administrative error was made in the preparation of the applicant’s DD Form 214 issued on 9 August 1993 by not crediting him with 2 months and 
7 days prior active service in item 12d.  Instead, that period of active duty was erroneously credited to his total prior inactive service (item 12e).

3.  The DD Form 214 issued to the applicant on 1 April 1998 also contains errors. The evidence shows he entered active duty on 11 November 1997 and served a total of 4 months and 21 days active service during the period of that report.

4.  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 be corrected:

     a.  by changing the applicant’s DD Form 214 issued on 9 August 1993 to show 2 months and 7 days total prior active service (item 12d), and 1 month and 28 days total prior inactive service (item 12e); 

     b.  by changing item 12 of his DD Form 214 issued on 1 April 1998 to show the date entered active duty this period (item 12a) as 11 November 1997; net active service this period (item 12c) as 4 months and 21 days; total prior active service (item 12d) as 4 months and 3 days; and total prior inactive service (item 12e) as 1 year, 3 months and 4 days.

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

BOARD VOTE:  

________  ________  ________  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999015042	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19991028	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.00	
2.	110.01	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.