PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:  10 July 2003
	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR2002080442

	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. Vic Whitney		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. Roger W. Able		Chairperson	
	Ms. Barbara J. Ellis		Member	
	Mr. Larry C. Bergquist		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, that his foreign service credit on his DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) be corrected.

3.  The applicant states that he served 13 months in Vietnam.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that after being inducted and entering active duty on 2 April 1962, he was assigned to Korea for 10 months and 25 days, from 24 May 1963 through 19 April 1964.  When he reenlisted on 3 April 1964 he was issued a DD Form 214 that shows his foreign service in Korea as 10 months and 9 days.

5.  The applicant served in Vietnam for 11 months and 5 days, from 16 September 1965 through 21 August 1966.  On his separation from active duty he was issued a second DD Form 214 that shows his foreign service for Korea and Vietnam as 11 months and 23 days.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant's DD Form 214 issued on 2 April 1964 shows foreign service in Korea as 10 months and 9 days and should show 10 months and 25 days.

2.  The applicant's DD Form 214 issued on 2 April 1970 shows foreign service in Korea and Vietnam as 11 months and 23 days and should show 1 year, 9 months, and 30 days.

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

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case for the individual concerned be corrected:

	a.  by correcting his DD Form 214, dated 2 April 1964, to show 10 months and 25 days foreign service; and

	b.  by correcting his DD Form 214, dated 2 April 1970, to show 1 year, 9 months, and 30 days foreign service.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

__ra___  __be___  __lb___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		___Roger W. Able__
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002080442	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20030710	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT PLUS	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	100.00	
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