ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS


	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:  25 October 2019

	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20190005536


APPLICANT REQUESTS:  correction of her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or 
Discharge from Active Duty) for the period ending 15 October 1981, to show her 
social security number (SSN) as instead of 

APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD: 

*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)
*	Social Security Card
*	Information Report
*	Certificate of Death

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 the SSN on her DD Form 214 is the same as her father’s from 
when he served in the military.

3.  The applicant entered active duty on 4 May 1981, as a member of the U.S. Army 
Reserve.  

4.  She was honorably released from active duty training on 15 October 1981.  Item 3 
(SSN) of the DD Form 214 she was issued lists her SSN as 

5.  The applicant provides a copy of her social security card issued in 2017, which lists 
her SSN as she requests.  She further provides a copy of her father’s Certificate of 
Death which lists his SSN as the SSN listed on her DD Form 214.

6.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents), then in effect, prescribed the 
separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from 
active military service or control of the Army.  It stated to transcribe the SSN at the time 
of separation from applicable documents in item 3.

BOARD DISCUSSION:

1.  The Board carefully considered the applicant’s request, supporting documents and 
evidence in the records.  The Board considered the applicant’s statement, her record of 
service, the SSN in her record, the SS Card she provided, the SSN on her father’s 
certificate of death and the BIRLS information and the applicant’s DD Form 214.  Based 
on a preponderance of evidence, the Board determined that a change to the applicant’s 
record was appropriate.

2.  After reviewing the application and all supporting documents, the Board found that 
relief was warranted.





BOARD VOTE:

Mbr 1	Mbr 2	Mbr 3

:X	:X	:X	GRANT FULL RELIEF

:	:	:	GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF

:	:	:	GRANT FORMAL HEARING

:	:	:	DENY APPLICATION


BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

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 the DD Form 
214 for the period of service ending 15 October 1981 to reflect in item 3 (Social Security 
No.) the applicant’s SSN as shown on her Social Security Card.



	  
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 635-5 (Separations Documents), 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 the 
preparation of the DD Form 214.  It stated the DD Form 214 is a synopsis of the 
Soldier's most recent period of continuous active service.  It provides a brief, clear-
cut record of active Army service at the time of release from active duty, retirement, 
or discharge.  Item 3 states to transcribe SSN at the time of her separation from 
applicable documents.
NOTHING FOLLOWS

ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont)	 AR20190005536

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