PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           24 January 2002                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001060871

	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. W. E. Schnupp		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. George D. Paxson		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison 		Member	
	Mr. Richard T. Dunbar		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 Army Service Number be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that the service number on his DD Form 214, (Report of Transfer or Discharge) is incorrect (the third and fourth digits are 98 and should be 89).  He lists both the correct and the incorrect numbers on his application; however, he submits no documentation in support of his request.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 2 October 1968 and was discharged on 17 November 1971.  The service number assigned on his DD Form 4, Enlistment Contract show the third and fourth digits as 89.  His DA Form 20, Enlisted Qualification Record, contains a service number with the same two digits of 89.  Various other documents in his military record, as well as his original DD Form 214 and a reissued DD Form 214, reflect his service number incorrectly with the third and fourth digits as 98.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  After reviewing the applicants complete personnel record, it appears that his service number was incorrectly entered on his DD Form 214 with the third and fourth digits as 98.  The two digits in question should be shown as 89.  Regrettably, the applicant himself propagated the error by not verifying the correctness of the data on the original DD Form 214, when he signed it at the time of discharge.

2.  It should be noted also that at the time of the applicant’s entry into the service the military services were undergoing a transition period during which the social security number were used as identification numbers instead of service numbers. The social security number now identifies all Army personnel records.  Nonetheless, the service number shown on his DD Forms 214 is in error and should be corrected.

3.  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 by:

a.  showing that the third and fourth  digits of the service number of the individual concerned are 89; and 

b.  issuing a correction to his DD Form 214 reflecting the correct service number.

BOARD VOTE:  

__rtd____  ____gdp_  ____wtm_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		________George D. Paxson__________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001060871	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20020124	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE	(HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR)	
DATE OF DISCHARGE	YYYYMMDD	
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY	AR . . . . .  	
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.  100.10		
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