IN THE CASE OF:  

		BOARD DATE:  3 November 2020

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20200001477

APPLICANT REQUESTS:  The applicant requests correction of his DD Form 214 
(Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer of Discharge) to show his foreign 
service in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN).

APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD:

*	DD Form 149 (Application for Correction of Military Record)

FACTS:

1.  The applicant did not file within the three-year time frame provided in Title 10, United 
States Code, 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 he needs his records to show he served active duty in the RVN 
in 1963.  It was top secret that the US Army was in Vietnam in 1963.  He does not have 
orders or photographs to prove he was there.  His DD Form 214 is incomplete and he 
asks it be corrected.  His DD Form 214 needs to show he was in the RVN so he can be 
recognized as a wartime veteran.

3.  The applicant was inducted into the US Army on 14 December 1961.

4.  A review of the applicant's DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) and DA Form 
24 (Service Record) shows the applicant was assigned to Headquarters Battery, 4th 
Battalion, 3rd Artillery, 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas in 1963.  There is no 
indication on either record that he served outside of the Continental United States 
during his enlistment.

5.  The applicant's DD Form 214 shows he was inducted into the US Army on 14 
December 1961 and was transferred to the US Army Reserve on 13 December 1963.  
He was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal.  He had served 2 years with no 
foreign service.  He was released from the Army due to his expiration term of service.  

6.  A review of Department of the Army Pamphlet 672-3 (Unit Citation and Campaign 
Participation Credit Register) did not show the applicant's unit participated in any RVN 
Campaign in 1963.

7.  The applicant's service record did not contain evidence that he served in the RVN.

BOARD DISCUSSION:

The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or 
injustice.  The applicant’s official record is void of evidence that the applicant served in 
Vietnam or that he had foreign service.  Therefore, the Board determined the overall 
merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the 
individual concerned.


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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, United States Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for 
correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged 
failure to timely file within the 3-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), in effect at the time, prescribed the 
separation documents that would be furnished each individual who separated from the 
Army.  It stated in item 24c, enter total active duty outside continental limits of the 
United Stated for the period covered by the DD Form 214.  

//NOTHING FOLLOWS//
ABCMR Record of Proceedings (cont)	 AR20190014953


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