BOARD DATE: 12 September 2017 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160003651 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 BOARD DATE: 12 September 2017 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160003651 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. BOARD DATE: 12 September 2017 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20160003651 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 her records to show her social security number (SSN) as 229-XX-XXXX. 2. The applicant states her records show her SSN as 403-XX-XXXX. Her SSN should read 229-XX-XXXX. She was an orphan child and they used her father's SSN for her. She didn't know it until later in life. 3. The applicant provides: * social security card * DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) * U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs membership 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. The applicant enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve under the Delayed Entry Program on 22 December 1980. She was discharged from the Delayed Entry Program on 12 March 1981 for immediate enlistment in the Regular Army. Her DD Form 4 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document – Armed Forces of the United States) shows her SSN as 403-XX-XXXX. 3. She enlisted in the Regular Army on 13 March 1981. 4. Headquarters, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Dix, Orders 068-235, dated 8 March 1984, releasing her from active duty show her SSN as 403-XX-XXXX. 5. Item 2 (SSN) of her DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record – Part II) shows her SSN as 403-XX-XXXX. 6. Item 3 (SSN) of her DD Form 214 shows her SSN as 403-XX-XXXX. 7. Review of her military service records and the records she provided failed to reveal any documents showing her SSN was recorded as 229-XX-XXXX during her military service. 8. She provided a copy of her social security card showing her SSN as 229-XX-XXXX. REFERENCES: 1. Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents), in effect at the time, established standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214. The purpose of the separation document is to provide an individual with documentary evidence of his or her military service. It is important that information entered on the form is complete and accurate. The instructions for item 3 of the DD Form 214 stated to verify accuracy with the SSN of record. 2. Army Regulation 15-185 (Army Board for Correction of Military Records) prescribes the policies and procedures for correction of military records by the Secretary of the Army acting through the ABCMR. The ABCMR begins its consideration of each case with the presumption of administrative regularity. The applicant has the burden of proving an error or injustice by a preponderance of the evidence. DISCUSSION: 1. A review of the applicant's records shows her SSN as 403-XX-XXXX. The SSN shown on the social security card she provided was never documented in her military records. 2. 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 the records were created. 3. Absent other Army records to the contrary, it is presumed that the applicant's military service records, including her DD Form 214, were correct at the time of preparation. //NOTHING FOLLOWS// ABCMR Record of Proceedings AR20150000953 Enclosure 1 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20160003651 2 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 1 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont) AR20160003651 3 ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Enclosure 2