IN THE CASE OF:  

		BOARD DATE:  13 September 2016

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20150013551


BOARD VOTE:

_________  _______  ________  GRANT FULL RELIEF

________  ________  ________  GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

____X____  ___X_____  ____X____  DENY APPLICATION


2 Enclosures
1.  Board Determination/Recommendation
2.  Evidence and Consideration


		IN THE CASE OF:  

		BOARD DATE:  13 September 2016

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20150013551


BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice.  Therefore, the Board determined the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.



                                    _____________X____________
                                                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.


		IN THE CASE OF:  

		BOARD DATE:  13 September 2016

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20150013551


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 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show the social security number (SSN) listed on his social security card.  

2.  The applicant states his DD Form 214 shows the incorrect SSN.  The Army issued Soldiers a service number during the time he served in the military.  The military changed service number to SSN in the late 1960's.  The Social Security Administration changed his SSN in the mid-1970s after he got out of the military, but he does not know the reason for the change.  He also does not know the reason for the mix-up with the SSNs.  The Army Board for Correction of Military Records recently upgraded his discharge from undesirable to general, under honorable conditions.  

3.  The applicant provides a copy of his birth certificate, driver's license, social security card, and a letter from Mid-South Consolidate Patient Account Center.  

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 enlisted in the Regular Army on 15 December 1967.  His DD Form 4 (Enlistment Contract - Armed Forces of the United States), DA Form 41 (Record of Emergency Data), and DD Form 398 (Statement of Personal History) all show an SSN that is different from the SSN listed on his social security card.  

3.  The majority of the documents in his military personnel records consistently reflect his SSN as it appears on his DD Form 214.  

4.  The Army discharged him on 18 February 1971.  The DD Form 214 issued for this period of service shows an SSN that is different from the SSN listed on his social security card.  

5.  He provided a copy of his social security card that lists an SSN that is different from the SSN listed in his service record.

REFERENCES:

Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents), dated 23 January 1967, governed the preparation of the DD Form 214.  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:

1.  For historical purposes, the Army has an interest in maintaining the integrity of its records.  The data and information contained in those records should reflect the conditions and circumstances that existed at the time of records creation.  In the absence of a showing of material error or injustice, there is a reluctance to recommend a change to those records.

2.  Although the applicant requests correction of his records to show his SSN as it is shown on his social security card, documents in his military service records show he served on active duty using a different SSN.

3.  The ABCMR will file a copy of this decisional document in the applicant's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF).  This should serve to clarify any questions or confusion concerning the difference in the SSN recorded in his military records and to satisfy his desire to have the current SSN documented in his OMPF.

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