PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           10 January 2002                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2001065524

	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	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Fred N. Eichorn		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Member	
	Mr. John T. Meixell		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 enlistment contract be corrected to show he enlisted for 4 years and 00 weeks.

3.  The applicant states, in effect, that his enlistment contract erroneously shows he enlisted for 5 years and 00 weeks.

4.  The applicant’s U. S. Army Recruiting Command reservation sheets show that he was to enlist in the Regular Army on 22 February 2001 for 4 years.  His Statements for Enlistment, DA Forms 3286-59, 3286-63, and 3286-66, appear to have originally contained the entry that he would enlist for 5 years with that entry overwritten to read 4 years.  He enlisted in the Regular Army on 22 February 2001.  His Enlistment/Reenlistment Contract, DD Form 4/3, item 20a shows he enlisted for 5 years and 00 weeks.  The Fort Sill, OK U. S. Army Recruiting Command Liaison confirmed that his contract should have read that he enlisted for 4 years.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  There is an administrative error on the applicant’s DD Form 4/3.  The evidence of record shows he enlisted on 22 February 2001 for 4 years and 00 weeks, not 5 years and 00 weeks.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

That the applicant’s DD Form 4/3 dated 22 February 2001, item 20a and related documents be corrected to show he enlisted for 4 years and 00 weeks.

BOARD VOTE:  

__fne___  __tsk___  __jtm___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			Fred N. Eichorn
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2001065524	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20020110	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	112.03	
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