ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

              

                   BOARD DATE:  8 January 2019

                   DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20170016655

APPLICANT REQUEST:  Correction of his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United 
States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show his specialty as tank driver.

APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD:
 
*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)
*	Headquarters, Special Orders Number 27, 8 September 1965
*	NGB Form 22 (Report of Separation and Record of Service), 16 July 1967
*	Letter, State Military Department, 7 September 2017
*	Personal statement, 15 September 2017

FACTS:

1.  The applicant did not file within the three year time frame provided in Title 10,          
U.S. Code, section 1552 (b); however, the Army Board for Correction of Military 
Records 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 he was designated with the specialty of tank driver on             
11 August 1962.  He was denied a Department of Veterans Affairs benefit because of 
this error. 

3.  Incorporated herein by reference are military records which were summarized in the 
previous consideration of the applicant's case by the Army Board for Correction of 
Military Records (ABCMR) in Docket Number AR20150017979 on 27 April 2017.

4.  The applicant was a member of the (ALARNG) from 17 July 1961 to 16 July 1967.  
His service record and DD Form 214 shows he held military occupational specialty 
(MOS) 131.00 (Security Guard).

5.  A letter from the State Military Department states after researching archived files it 
was found that the applicant is correct.  He was given a Security Guard MOS, but only 
for the period of the Berlin Crisis.  Everyone who participated in this military action did 
so under Security Guard MOS.  After the Berlin Crisis was over, the 131.20 (MOS) was 
withdrawn.  Special Order Number 27, 8 September 1965 withdrew the 131.20 (MOS) 
and awarded back the applicant’s (MOS) P11E20 (Tank Gunner).

6.  Army Regulations 635-5 (Separation Documents), established standardized policy 
for preparation of the DD Form 214.  The instructions for item 25a stated to enter the 
primary MOS code number and title.

BOARD DISCUSSION:
After reviewing the application and all supporting evidence, the Board determined that 
partial relief was warranted.  Based upon the letter from the State Military Department 
stating the applicant was correct and that the applicant’s MOS should be reflected as a 
Tank Gunner, P11E20, the Board recommends changing the MOS on his DD214 to 
reflect such.  
However, the Board also found that the portion of the applicant’s request relating to 
reflecting the MOS as Tank Driver should not be granted.  The Board found that being a 
Tank Driver is a task within the MOS of Tank Gunner and is not a separate MOS to be 
reflected on a DD214.  
BOARD VOTE:
Member 1	Member 2	Member 3
:	      :	      :	Full Grant 
X	   X	      X	Partial Grant 
:	      :	      :	Formal Hearing Grant 
:	      :	      :	Deny
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:											   	
1.  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 amending item 25a of his 
DD Form 214 to show primary military occupational specialty "PLLE2O, Tank Gunner."
2.  The Board further determined the evidence presented is insufficient to warrant a 
portion of the requested relief.  As a result, the Board recommends denial of so much of 
the application that pertains to changing his military occupational specialty to “Tank 
Driver.”										    											                                          
 
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, U.S. Code, 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 Army Board for Correction of Military 
Records (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 Regulations 635-5 (Separation Documents), in effect at the time, prescribed 
the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release 
from active military service or control of the Army.  It established standardized policy for 
preparation of the DD Form 214.  The instructions for item 25a stated to enter the 
primary MOS code number and title.  
 ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont)	 AR20170016655
	
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