ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 
 
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 
 
 
 	IN THE CASE OF:
 
 	BOARD DATE:  31 May 2019 
 
 	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20180013246 
 
 
APPLICANT REQUESTS:  Issuance of a DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show all of his military service in the U.S. 
Army from the period 10 December 1962 through approximately 1 November 1974.   
 
APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD:  
 
• DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record) 
• Standard Form 180 (Request Pertaining to Military Records) 
• Letter to the National Personnel Records Center 
• Military Timeline 
• Three DD Forms 214 
• Appointment Orders 
• Federal Recognition Orders 
• Branch Transfer Orders 
• Reassignment Orders 
• Diplomas 
• Memorandum 
• NGB Form 337 (Oaths of Office) 
• Promotion Memorandum 
• Attachment Orders 
• Separation Orders 
• Certificates  
• Hazardous Duty Orders 
• Prefix Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Orders 
• Scuba Diver Qualification Badge Orders 
• Bachelor of Science diploma  
• Master of Arts diploma 
• Transcripts 
• National Personnel Records Center Letter 
 
 
 
 
 
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 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:
   a. The reason for the lack of an expiration of term of service (ETS) date will become
apparent in the letter/timeline attached to his letter, dated 30 July 2018, addressed to the National Personnel Records Center. 
   b. An inquiry regarding whether the Pathfinder Badge was annotated on his DD Form 214, along with other issues, caused him to review his military records.  He discovered several issues and some of them are quite important to him.   
   c. He contacted a representative at the National Personnel Records Center who 
assisted him and emailed two forms necessary to start the process. 
   d. There are number of awards, badges, and qualifications as well as foreign 
service, and years of service that need to be updated on his "final" DD Form 214. 
   e. He is really interested about what capacity he was carried after he left the 12th Special Forces Group (Airborne).  He never heard back from anyone about a slot open in 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) nor did he hear from anyone else.   
   f. He assumes he was held in the inactive reserves, but he does not know if that 
assumption is correct. 
3. The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 10 December 1962.  His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows he served in Korea from 27 May 1963 to 18 June 1964.
4. On 15 November 1965, he was honorably discharged for immediate reenlistment.
He completed 2 years, 11 months, and 6 days of active military service and 1 year and 22 days of foreign service during the period covered by his DD Form 214 for the period ending 15 November 1965.
5. He reenlisted in the Regular Army on 16 November 1965 and was honorably discharged on 9 June 1966 to accept a commission as an officer in the Army.  He completed 6 months and 24 days net active service this period.
6. On 10 June 1966, he was appointed as a Reserve commissioned officer and was ordered to active duty on the same date.
7. On 9 June 1968, he was honorably released from active duty and transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve Control Group (Reinforcement) on the following day.  His DD Form 214 shows he completed 2 years net active service this period.
8. He provided Special Orders Number 2, dated 3 January 1969, that appointed him as a Reserve commissioned officer in the Illinois Army National Guard on 3 January 1969.
Special Orders Number 52A granted him Federal recognition for transfer from the U.S. Army Reserve to the Army National Guard.
9. Special Orders published on 11 September 1969 branch transferred him from Infantry to Armor, effective 11 September 1969, while he was serving as a member of Illinois Army National Guard.
10. On 18 December 1970, he executed an Oath of Office for temporary Federal Recognition in the Illinois Army National Guard.
11. Special Orders published on 3 June 1971 attached him to the Illinois Army National Guard Officer Candidate School, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, IL, for the period 12 to 26 June 1971.
12. Orders published on 31 January 1972 separated him from the Army National Guard effective 31 January 1972 and transferred him to the U.S. Army Reserve Control Group (Annual Training) on the date immediately following.
13. Orders published on 12 June 1979 show he was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army Reserve effective 1 August 1979.
14. Army Regulation 635-5 (Personnel Separations – Separation Documents), in effect at the time, provided the policy for issuing the DD Form 214.  A DD Form 214 is only issued to document a period of continuous active duty service.  The regulation stated a DD Form 214 would be issued at the time of separation to members of the Regular Army and members of the Reserve Components who had served on active duty for a period of 90 days or more.
BOARD DISCUSSION: 
1. The Board carefully considered the applicant’s request, supporting documents and evidence in the records.  The Board discussed the DD Forms 214 in the applicant’s record and determined that they accurately reflected the correct information for each corresponding period of active duty service.  There is no provision to publish a single DD Form 214 to compile the information of previously issued DD Forms 214.  The Board determined that the applicant’s active duty and reserve component duty were properly documented in his record.
2. After reviewing the application and all supporting documents, the Board found the relief was not warranted.

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. 

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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE(S): 
Not Applicable 
 
 	 
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 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 Regulation 635-5 (Personnel Separations – Separation Documents), in effect at the time, provided the policy for issuing the DD Form 214.  A DD Form 214 is only issued to document a period of continuous active duty service.  The regulation stated a DD Form 214 would be issued at the time of separation to members of the Regular Army and members of the Reserve Components who had served on active duty for a period of 90 days or more. 
 
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