RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 19 OCTOBER 2005 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050001118 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. Deborah L. Brantley Senior Analyst The following members, a quorum, were present: Ms. Barbara Ellis Chairperson Mr. Hubert Fry Member Mr. Robert Rogers Member The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including advisory opinion, if any). THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant requests that the second entry in item 12 (military occupational specialty) on his War Department Adjutant General Office (WD AGO) Form 100 (Separation Qualification Record) be corrected to show Aircraft Gunner vice "Aeruak gybber." 2. The applicant states the entry is an obvious typing error and should be corrected. 3. The applicant provides a copy of the separation qualification record. CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE: 1. The applicant is requesting correction of an alleged error or injustice which occurred on 28 July 1946. The application submitted in this case is dated 13 January 2005. 2. Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse failure to file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines that it would be in the interest of justice to do so. In this case, the ABCMR will conduct a review of the merits of the case to determine if it would be in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant’s failure to timely file. 3. The applicant’s military records are not available to the Board for review. A fire destroyed approximately 18 million service members’ records at the National Personnel Records Center in 1973. It is believed that the applicant’s records were lost or destroyed in that fire. However, there were sufficient documents remaining in a reconstructed record for the Board to conduct a fair and impartial review of this case. 4. The applicant's separation qualification record indicates he served on active duty between 31 July 1944 and 28 July 1946. 5. The second entry in item 12 on the separation qualification record contains the typed entry "Aeruak gybber" associated with specialty 611. A review of World War II specialty designators confirms that the correct title for specialty 611 was "Aerial gunner." The incorrect entry on the applicant's form was created by the individual who prepared the form misaligning his right hand one key to the left while typing the entry thus causing the typographic error on the form. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: While the applicant is correct that the second entry on his separation qualification record does contain a typographic error, the correct title for specialty 611 is "Aerial gunner" and not "Aircraft Gunner." It would be appropriate to correct the typographic error to show the correct specialty title. BOARD VOTE: ________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF __BE ___ ___HF __ ___RR __ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF ________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING ________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION: 1. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for partial relief and to excuse failure to timely file. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by issuing an appropriate document showing the second entry in item 12 on his separation qualification record to show "Aerial gunner" vice "Aeruak gybber." 2. The Board further determined that the evidence presented is insufficient to warrant a portion of the requested relief. As a result, the Board recommends denial of so much of the application that pertains to showing the title of his 611 specialty as "Aircraft gunner." ______Barbara Ellis_________ CHAIRPERSON INDEX CASE ID AR20050001118 SUFFIX RECON YYYYMMDD DATE BOARDED 20051019 TYPE OF DISCHARGE (HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR) DATE OF DISCHARGE YYYYMMDD DISCHARGE AUTHORITY AR . . . . . DISCHARGE REASON BOARD DECISION PARTIAL GRANT REVIEW AUTHORITY ISSUES 1. 110.00 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.