PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:         

	BOARD DATE:              17 March 1999                 
	DOCKET NUMBER:     AR1999017522

	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. Ed Clark .		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Chairperson	
	Mr. Orville W. Troesch, Jr.		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 17 November 1994 enlistment documents be corrected to show that he was enlisted for a period of 5 years, 00 weeks, vice 
5 years, 23 weeks.  In support of the application, he submitted a 1 October 
1998 letter signed by his commander indicating that if the applicant's request is approved, he will be "eligible for the [selective reenlistment bonus - SRB] 1A on 17 November 1998, upon entering the 12 month reenlistment window." 

3.  On 15 August 1994 the applicant was enlisted in the Army Reserve for a period of 8 years for further enlistment in the Delayed Entry Program (DEP).  
DA Form 3286-63, Statement for Enlistment, United States Army Training Enlistment Program, paragraph g, signed by the applicant and his counselor on 17 November 1994, shows "My term of enlistment in the Regular Army is 5 years 00 weeks."  However, DD Form 4/3, Discharge from the Delayed Entry/Enlistment Program, Item F, paragraph 20a, shows that he was discharged from the DEP on 17 November 1994 and "enlisted in the Regular Component of the United States Army for a period of 5 years and 23 weeks."

4.  On 25 November 1998 the Board was advised by the Chief, Retention Management Division, Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM), in effect, that the entry showing 5 years and 23 weeks is erroneous.  Changing DD Form 4/3, Line 20a to read 5 years was recommended.

5.  Army Regulation 601-210, Regular Army and Army Reserve Enlistment Program, paragraph 8-6, Correction of Term of Enlistment, provides that an error discovered in an individual's enlistment documents after he or she has been assigned to a reception battalion will be referred to this Board for correction.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Apparently through administrative error, the DD Form 4/3 pertaining to the applicant's 17 November 1994 enlistment incorrectly shows his term of enlistment as 5 years and 23 weeks, vice 5 years.

2.  The foregoing is supported by the advisory opinion provided by the Chief, Retention Management Division, PERSCOM

3.  The application was submitted on 23 July 1998.  During the approximate 
8-month interim period of time, as well as the additional time required for corrective action directed by the Board to be taken, the applicant may have been deprived of the opportunity to be reenlisted with entitlement to an SRB-1A.  If such is the case, and he has not subsequently been reenlisted with entitlement to an SRB-1A or higher during the aforementioned period of eligibility, he may reapply to this Board requesting correction of his records to reflect his reenlistment on or about 1 November 1998 with entitlement to an SRB-1A.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected:

a.  by amending DD Form 4/3, Item F, paragraph 20a, pertaining to the individual concerned, to show that he was enlisted in the Regular Component of the United States Army on 17 November 1994 for a period of 5 years and 00 weeks;

b.  by showing his ETS date as 16 November 1999;

c.  by showing his 12 month window for reenlistment as 17 November 1998; and

d.  by showing he was eligible and entitled to an appropriate selective reenlistment bonus upon his reenlistment on or after 17 November 1998, based on the foregoing, and if otherwise qualified.

BOARD VOTE:  

TSK_____  OWT___  JPS ____  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999017522	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	1999 March 17	
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.	112.03	
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