ARMY BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS


	IN THE CASE OF:

	BOARD DATE:  30 September 2019

	DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20190009736


APPLICANT REQUESTS: correction of her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or 
Discharge from Active Duty) to show her last name as "X" instead of "X-X."

APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD: 

*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)
*	Commonwealth of Virginia Marriage Register, date issued 25 July 2018

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 she married and changed her name. 

3.  The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army on 12 July 1992.  Item 1 (Name – Last, 
First, Middle) of her DD Form 4 ((Enlistment/Reenlistment Document – Armed Forces of 
the United States) shows her last name as "X."  Although not available in her record, it 
is assumed that subsequently she married and/or changed her last name to "X-X" 
during her period of service.

4.  The applicant was honorably retired on 31 October 2013.  Item 1 (Name - Last, First, 
Middle) of her DD Form 214 shows her last name as "X-X." 

5.  A review of her official military personnel file revealed all documents showing the last 
name of "X" or "X-X" throughout her military service. 

6.  She provides a marriage certificate that shows she was married on 21 July 2018, 
after her retirement, to a person with the last name of "X." 


7.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents), dated 15 September 2000, 
prescribed the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, 
or release from active military service or control of the Army.  It states 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.  For item 1, enter last name, first name, and full 
middle name or names, in all capitals and compare to applicable documents for name 
change, if any at the time of separation.  

BOARD DISCUSSION:

1.  After reviewing the application and all supporting documents, the Board found the 
requested relief is not warranted.

2.  The Board agreed that the applicant's DD Form 214 correctly shows the name she 
was using at the time of her retirement, and her post-retirement name change due to 
marriage is an insufficient basis upon which to recommend changing the name shown 
on her DD Form 214.  

3.  The Board noted that this Record of Proceedings will be provided to the applicant 
and will be filed in her record.  This should serve to clarify any questions or confusion in 
regard to the difference between the name shown on her DD Form 214 and the name 
she now uses.  

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 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 (Separation Documents), dated 15 September 2000, 
prescribed the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, 
or release from active military service or control of the Army.  It states 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.  For item 1, enter last name, first name, and full 
middle name or names, in all capitals and compare to applicable documents for name 
change, if any at the time of separation.  


 

ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont)	 AR20190009736
	
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