PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           3 June 2003                  
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR2002079760

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

	Mr. Carl W. S. Chun		Director	
	Mr. G. E. Vandenberg		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Ms. JoAnn H. Langston		Chairperson	
	Ms. Jennifer L. Prater		Member	
	Mr. Paul M. Smith		Member	

	The applicant and counsel, if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records:

	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including advisory opinion, if any).

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests that his DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) be corrected to show that he entered active duty on 8 August 1953 not 4 February 1955.

3.  The applicant states that the entry date shown on his DD Form 214 is the date he was promoted.  No action was taken, in 1993, when he asked to have the Army Reserve correct the date.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that upon completion of a Reserve Officer Training Corps program he was commissioned a second lieutenant (2LT) in the Army Reserve on 14 June 1953.  He was ordered to active duty on 4 August 1953 and was promoted to first lieutenant (1LT) on 4 February 1955.   He was released from active duty on 28 May 1955 and transferred to the Reserve.

5.  His DD Form 214 erroneously shows he entered active duty on 4 February 1955 as a 2LT.  It indicates that he was discharged on 28 May 1955 as a 1LT and that he had 1 year, 9 months, and 25 days of active duty with 1 month and 20 days of other service.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The Board concurs with the applicant that the date of his entrance onto active duty is incorrectly listed on his DD Form 214 as 4 February 1955.

2.  Therefore, the Board finds that it is in the interest of justice to correct this error to reflect the correct date of entrance on active duty as 8 August 1953. 

3.  In view of the foregoing findings and conclusions, correcting the applicant’s records as recommended below will correct an error.

RECOMMENDATION:

That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected to show that the applicant entered active duty on 8 August 1953.

BOARD VOTE:  

_JHL      _  __JLP___  __PMS__  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

		__JoAnn H. Langston_______
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR2002079760	
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RECON		
DATE BOARDED	20030603	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	GRANT	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	110.01	
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