PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:      

	BOARD DATE:           02 APRIL 2002
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001065070

	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. Gale J. Thomas		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Walter T. Morrison		Chairperson	
	Mr. Curtis L. Greenway		Member	
	Ms. Regan K. Smith		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 date of birth on his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected to read 31 December 1957.  

3.  The applicant states that his date of birth is 31 December 1957 and not
27 February 1963 as reflected on his DD Form 214.  In support of his request the applicant submits a notarized copy of his birth certificate, which shows his date of birth as 31 December 1957.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on  14 November 1978, for a period of 3 years.  His enlistment/reenlistment contracts and his initial entrance medical examination reflect his date of birth as 
31 December 1957. 

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s military records and his notarized birth certificate show his date of birth as 31 December 1957, and as such his DD Form 214 should be corrected to reflect this date.

2.  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 changing the applicant’s DD Form 214, item 5 (Date of Birth) from                 27 February 1963 to 31 December 1957. 

BOARD VOTE:  

__WTM__  ___CLG_  ___RKS_  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		  __ Walter T. Morrison___
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001065070	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20020402	
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.	110.00	
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