ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

IN THE CASE OF: 
BOARD DATE: 4 November 2019 
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20190006481
APPLICANT REQUESTS:

   *	promotion to Private First Class (PFC)/ E-3 effective his date of enlistment
   *	receive back pay for PFC rank from his date of enlistment 
APPLICANT’S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD:
*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)
*	Verification of College Transcripts Credits
*	Enlisted Record Brief (ERB)
*	Leave and Earnings Statement (LES)
*	college transcripts
   *	college grade certification 
FACTS:
1.	The applicant states:

*	his recruiter did not have his college transcripts evaluated and processed 
properly
*	because of this he could not enter the Army in the rank of PFC
*	he was told by his recruiter he would enter the Army as a PFC

2.	The applicant provides the following documents for the Board's consideration:

*	a letter from a counselor at the Fort Bragg Education Center, dated 
11 April 2019, which states:
>	an assessment of the applicant's civilian education transcripts was conducted 
on 11 April 2019
>	he had completed 125.50 of non-duplicated semester hours with 
Malayan College Laguna, Philippines
*	his ERB showing his rank was Private on 28 August 2018, he had no college, 
and he was at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, on 28 August 2018 for training
*	a LES for the month of September 2018 showing his rank as PVT
*	transcripts from the 


*	a Grade Certification report dated 13 December 2018, showing his first term was 
from 2014-2015

3.	The applicant's service records contain a DD Form 4/1 (Enlistment/Reenlistment 
Document Armed Forces of the United States), showing a date of enlistment of
21 March 2018, the applicant enlisted for 8 years on the Delayed Entry Program in the 
rank of PVT.

4.	Army Regulation 601-210 (Regular Army and Reserve Components Enlistment 
Program), prescribes eligibility criteria governing the enlistment of persons, with or 
without prior service (PS), into the Regular Army (RA), the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), 
and the Army National Guard (ARNG). It provides policies and procedures to process 
applicants for enlistment in the RA Delayed Entry Program (DEP) and on delayed 
status, and the USAR Delayed Training Program (DTP). Paragraph 2-18(6) states, a 
Solider who has successfully completed 48 or more classroom semester hours (72 or 
more quarter hours) (without a 4-year degree at an accredited degree granting college 
or university may enlist at any time at pay grade E-3).

BOARD DISCUSSION:

After reviewing the application, the supporting documents, the records, applicable 
regulations, and the facts above, the Board found that relief is warranted as 
recommended in the Board Determination and Recommendation below.



BOARD VOTE:

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GRANT FULL RELIEF
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GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
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GRANT FORMAL HEARING
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DENY APPLICATION

BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board determined that the evidence presented was 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 showing that he was 
enlisted in the rank of PFC/E3 on 21 March 2018 and that he be provided back pay and 
allowances as an E3 from that date.

10/14/2020

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.


REFERENCE:

Army Regulation 601-210 (Regular Army and Reserve Components Enlistment 
Program), prescribes eligibility criteria governing the enlistment of persons, with or 
without prior service (PS), into the Regular Army (RA), the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), 
and the Army National Guard (ARNG). It provides policies and procedures to process 
applicants for enlistment in the RA Delayed Entry Program (DEP) and on delayed 
status, and the USAR Delayed Training Program (DTP). Paragraph 2-18(6) states, a 
Solider who has successfully completed 48 or more classroom semester hours (72 or 
more quarter hours) (without a 4-year degree at an accredited degree granting college 
or university may enlist at any time at pay grade E-3).

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