IN THE CASE OF:	  

		BOARD DATE:	  24 June 2010

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20090019680 


THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:

1.  Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).

2.  Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).


THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant requests that his records be corrected to show his new social security number (SSN).

2.  The applicant states there was no error; he lost his social security card and it was replaced with a new number.

3.  The applicant provides copies of 2009 documents from the Social Security Administration showing his old and new SSN's.

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant served on active duty in the Regular Army from May 1980 to May 1983 using the older SSN.

2.  Army Regulation 635-5 prescribes the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army.  It states the DD Form 214 is a synopsis of the Soldier’s most recent period of continuous active duty.  It provides a brief, clear-cut record of active Army service at the time of release from active duty, retirement or discharge.



DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant states he lost his social security card and it was replaced with a new number.

2.  There is no evidence that suggests the applicant has or would suffer any injury or injustice as a result of the Army maintaining its records with the SSN under which he served.  For historical purposes, the Army has an interest in maintaining the accuracy of its records.  The data and information contained in those records should reflect the conditions and circumstances that existed at the time the records were created.  In the absence of a showing of material error or injustice, this Board is reluctant to recommend that those records be changed.

3.  While it is understandable the applicant desires to now record his current SSN in his military records, there is not a sufficiently compelling reason for compromising the integrity of the Army's records at this late date.

4.  The applicant is advised that a copy of this decisional document along with the evidence he provided which shows his current SSN will be filed in his official military personnel file (OMPF).  This should serve to help clarify any questions or confusion regarding the different SSN recorded in his military record and satisfy his desire to have his current SSN documented in his OMPF.

5.  In view of the above, there is no basis for granting the requested relief.

BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

____x____  ___x_____  ___x_____  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice.  Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case 


are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.



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                 CHAIRPERSON
      
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.

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