2.  The applicant requests that his military records be corrected to show that he was enlisted in the Regular Army on 17 November 1994 in pay grade E-4.  
  
3.  A DA Form 4187 (Personnel Action), dated 5 June 1988 shows that the applicant was advanced to pay grade E-4 by his reserve unit commander.  

4.  On 25 August 1994 the applicant requested enlistment in the Regular Army.  His DA Form 4187 shows that he was a Reserve member assigned to a control group and his rank was 
PFC/E-4.  Information obtained from the Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) Retention Management Division is that the applicant was a reserve member in the pay grade of E-4.

5.  The applicant enlisted in the Regular Army in the pay grade of E-3 on 17 November 1994.

6.  In the processing of this case an advisory opinion was obtained from the PERSCOM Retention Management Division.  An official of that agency stated that the applicant should have been enlisted in the pay grade of E-4, and recommended that the applicant’s request be granted.

7.  Army Regulation 601-210, as changed, prescribes the eligibility criteria for enlistment in the Regular Army.   That regulation states, in pertinent part, that an applicant who is a current member of a reserve component in the grade of E-4 with not more than 5 years active federal service will be enlisted in pay grade E-4.  (NOTE:  An official of the PERSCOM Retention Management Division stated that the applicant did not have 5 years of active service at the time of his enlistment).

CONCLUSIONS:

1. The evidence of record shows that the applicant should have been enlisted in pay grade E-4.  It would now be appropriate to correct his record to show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 17 November 1994 in pay grade E-4.


2.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing the individual concerned was enlisted in the Regular Army on 17 November 1994 in pay grade E-4.                
               
BOARD VOTE:  

                       GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

                       GRANT FORMAL HEARING

                       DENY APPLICATION




		                           
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