PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:        

	BOARD DATE:            14 March 2002                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:    AR2001063947

	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	
	Ms. Stephanie Thompkins		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. Joann H. Langston 		Chairperson	
	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Member	
	Mr. Roger W. Able		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, in effect, correction to his military records to show his correct social security number.

3.  The applicant states that at the time of his retirement his social security number was incorrectly annotated on his retirement orders.  He submits copies of his social security card, retirement identification card, medicare insurance card, his wife’s military identification card, and retirement orders in support of his request. 

4.  The applicant’s military records were lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973.  Information herein was obtained from alternate sources and documentation submitted by the applicant.

5.  The applicant was retired from the United States Army by reason of physical disability on 10 July 1969.

6.  Available records show when he enlisted in the military he was assigned a service number.  

7.  His retirement orders, dated 24 June 1969, incorrectly show the sixth digit of his social security number as a “2”.

8.  Evidence submitted by the applicant show the sixth digit of his social security number as a “3”.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant is entitled to correction to his social security number on his retirement orders.  The sixth digit was erroneously entered as a “2”.

2.  The Board notes that the applicant’s available records show he was identified through his military service with a service number.  At the time of his retirement in 1969, his service number and social security number were entered on his retirement orders.  Documentation submitted with the application shows the sixth digit of the social security number should be “3”.

3.  Therefore, it is concluded that the sixth digit of the social security number was erroneously entered as a “2” on the applicant’s retirement order and should be corrected to show “3”.

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 by showing on the retirement orders of the individual concerned the sixth digit of the social security number as a “3”.

BOARD VOTE:  

_wtm____  __jhl___  _rwa____    GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Joann H. Langston 
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001063974	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20020314	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
2.		
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.