IN THE CASE OF:	   

		BOARD DATE:	  3 May 2012

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20110020708 


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 correction of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show his Social Security Number (SSN) as "xx0-xx-xxxx" instead of "xx6-xx-xxxx."

2.  The applicant states his DD Form 214 listed the wrong SSN in what appears to be a typographical error.

3.  The applicant provides a social security card.

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  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 also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicant's failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so.  While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to timely file.  In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing.

2.  Prior to his induction into the Army of the United States, the applicant completed a DD Form 398 (Statement of Personal History) but he did not list an SSN.

3.  He was inducted into the Army of the United States on 22 July 1966.  His
DD Form 47 (Record of Induction) listed his Service Number; it did not list his SSN.

4.  His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record), which was created upon his entry onto active duty, also listed his Service Number; it did not list his SSN.

5.  His record contains various documents, including a DA Form 41 (Record of Emergency Data), DA Form 3027 (U.S. Army Request for National Agency Check), and several other reassignment and separation orders that listed his SSN as "xx0-xx-xxxx."  He authenticated some of these forms, as required, by placing his signature in the appropriate blocks.

6.  He was honorably released from active duty on 5 July 1968.  Item 3 (SSN) of the DD Form 214 he was issued at the time shows his SSN as "xx6-xx-xxxx."  He authenticated this form with his signature.

7.  He submitted a social security card that contains his same name with the SSN of "xx0-xx-xxxx."

8.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) establishes the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  The purpose of the separation document is to provide the individual with documentary evidence of his or her military service.  It is important that information entered on the form should be complete and accurate.  

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of records shows the applicant used the SSN of "xx0-xx-xxxx" throughout his military service.  This SSN is consistent with the SSN shown on the social security card he provides and used on various other documents in his military record.  It appears the SSN of "xx6-xx-xxxx" was applied during the preparation of his DD Form 214 as a result of an administrative error.

2.  In view of the foregoing, his DD Form 214 should be corrected as recommended below.

BOARD VOTE:

____x___  ____x___  ____x___  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for relief.  As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by deleting form item 3 of his DD Form 214 the entry "006-xx-xxxx" and replacing it with the SSN as shown on his social security card.



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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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