IN THE CASE OF: 

		BOARD DATE: 8 January 2015

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20140010023


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 it is listed on his Social Security Card.

2.  The applicant states the SSN listed on his DD Form 214 is incorrect.

3.  The applicant provides copies of his Social Security Card and DD Form 214.

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.  The applicant, a member of the Wisconsin Army National Guard, entered active duty on 11 September 1963.  At that time, Soldiers were assigned Army service numbers for identification purposes.  
3.  He was honorably discharged due to physical disability effective 26 November 1963.  Item 32 (Remarks) of his DD Form 214 shows an SSN he states is incorrect.

4.  His records contain Letter Orders 8-168, National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C., dated 22 August 1963 showing he was ordered to active duty for training effective 11 September 1963.  The orders show an SSN that matches the SSN on his Social Security Card, the number he claims is correct.

5.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents), in effect at the time, established the standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214.  The regulation directs, in pertinent part, that the purpose of the separation document is to provide the individual with documentary evidence of his or her military service at the time of release from active duty, retirement or discharge.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

The applicant's record contains a document showing the SSN as it is listed on his Social Security Card was used on his active duty for training orders.  It appears an administrative error occurred resulting in the incorrect SSN being listed on his DD Form 214.  Therefore, it would be appropriate to correct his DD Form 214 to show his SSN as it is listed on his Social Security Card.

BOARD VOTE:

____x___  ____x___  ___x_____  GRANT FULL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF 

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

_______  ________  _________  DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined the evidence presented is 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 from item 32 of his DD Form 214 the current SSN entry and replacing it with the SSN listed 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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