PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:       

	BOARD DATE:            31 OCTOBER 2002                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002080227

	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. Curtis L. Greenway		Chairperson	
	Ms. Regan K. Smith		Member	
	Mr. Donald P. Hupman, Jr.		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 her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected by changing her separation date to read 27 September 2002, and by showing she was awarded the Army Achievement Medal (AAM) and the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM).

3.  The applicant states that her DD Form 214 should be corrected to show her separation date as 20020927, and that she was awarded the AAM and the ARCOM.   In support of her request she submits a copy of her amended separation orders,  and her approved recommendations for award of the AAM and the ARCOM.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that Orders A-07-004556A03, dated 
23 July 2002, extended her active duty commitment by 69 days, showing an end date of 27 September 2002.  

5.  The award of the applicant’s AAM was approved on 14 March 2002, and the award of her ARCOM was approved on 17 September 2002.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant’s active duty service commitment was extended by 69 days, which changed her separation date from 21 July 2002 to 27 September 2002, and her DD Form 214, item 12b (Separation Date this Period) should be corrected to reflect this change. 

2.  The applicant was awarded the AAM and the ARCOM, and her DD Form 214, item 13 (Decorations, Medals, Badges, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Awarded or Authorized) should be corrected by adding these awards.

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: 

a.  by changing the applicant’s DD Form 214, item 12b to show her separation date as 20020927, and

b.  by adding the award of the Army Achievement Medal and the Army Commendation Medal to item 13, of her DD Form 214.

BOARD VOTE:  

__CLG__  __RKS___  __DPH__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Curtis L. Greenway____
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002080227	
SUFFIX		
RECON	YYYYMMDD	
DATE BOARDED	20021031	
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	
2.	107.00	
3.		
4.		
5.		
6.