ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS


	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:  21 November 2019

	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20170012710


APPLICANT REQUESTS:  in effect, her name be changed on her DD Form 214 
(Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) from X__ to X__.

APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD: 

*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)
*	Social Security Card
*	DD Form 214

FACTS:

1.  The applicant did not file within the three year time frame provided in Title 10, United 
States Code (USC), section 1552(b); however, the Army Board for Correction of Military 
Records (ABCMR) conducted a substantive review of this case and determined it is in 
the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to timely file. 

2.  The applicant states her maiden and legal name is X__.  She was married in 2014 
with plans to legally change her name to X__ with the Social Security Administration; 
however, her marriage did not last and she is currently separated from her husband.  
She requests to have her name changed on her DD Form 214 from X__ to X__.

3.  The applicant provides her social security card, which shows her name as X__.

4.  A review of the applicant’s service record shows:

	a.  She enlisted in the Regular Army on 9 October 2012 under the name of X__.

	b.  Her service records are void of any documents showing her name was changed 
to X__.

	c.  She was honorably released from active duty on 25 June 2015.  Her DD Form 
214 shows her name to be X__ and she completed 2 years, 8 months, and 17 days of 
active service.

5.  Her Certificate of Live Birth shows her birth name to be X__.

6.  By regulation 635-8, prescribes the transition processing function of military 
personnel system.  It supersedes and consolidates AR 635-5 and Department of the 
Army (DA) Pamphlet (PAM) 600-8-11.  This new regulation provides principles of 
support, standards of service, policies, tasks, and steps governing required actions in 
the field to support processing personnel for separation and preparation of separation 
documents. 

BOARD DISCUSSION:

After reviewing the application and all supporting documents, the Board determined 
relief was not warranted.  Board members noted that she was going by that name 
during her entire military service.  Because the DD Form 214 is a document that 
captures information at the time of publication and does not reflect changes after the 
publication date, the Board found no error or injustice which would warrant making a 
change to the name on the applicant’s DD Form 214. 

The applicant is advised that a copy of this decisional document will be filed in his 
official military personnel file.  This should serve to clarify any questions or confusion in 
regard to the difference in his name recorded in his military record and the name 
currently being used by the applicant.

BOARD VOTE:

Mbr 1	Mbr 2	Mbr 3

:	:	:	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 the overall merits of this case are insufficient 
as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.

	  
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.

REFERENCES:

1.  Title 10, USC, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military 
records must be filed within three years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice.  
This provision of law also allows the ABCMR to excuse an applicant's failure to timely 
file within the three-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in 
the interest of justice to do so.

2.  Army Regulation 635-8, in effect at the time, prescribes the transition processing 
function of military personnel system.  It supersedes and consolidates AR 635-5 and 
Department of the Army (DA) Pamphlet (PAM) 600-8-11.  This new regulation provides 
principles of support, standards of service, policies, tasks, and steps governing required 
actions in the field to support processing personnel for separation and preparation of 
separation documents.  Paragraph 5-6 (Rules for completing the DD Form 214), a., 
Block 1 (Name), compare original enlistment contract or appointment order and review 
official record for possible name changes.  If a name change has occurred list other 
names in record in block 18 (Remarks).

NOTHING FOLLOWS

ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont)	 AR20170012710

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