BOARD DATE:	  4 September 2014

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20140002263 


THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:

1.  Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).

2.  Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).


THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:

1.  The applicant requests correction of her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show her social security number (SSN) as "259-XX-XXXX."

2.  The applicant states her SSN is incorrect.  She did not discover the error until 1986, when she found out her older sister had the same SSN.  Subsequently, her SSN has been corrected through the Athens, GA, Social Security Administration.

3.  The applicant provides a copy of her social security card. 

CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:

1.  Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 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 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so.  While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to 


timely file.  In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing.

2.  A review of documents contained in her military personnel records shows her SSN consistently appears as "263-XX-XXXX" throughout her tenure of service.

3.  Item 3 (SSN) of her DD Form 214 shows her SSN as "263-XX-XXXX."

4.  The applicant provides a copy of her social security card which shows her SSN as "259-XX-XXXX."

5.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents), then in effect, prescribed the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army.  This regulation established standardized policy for the preparation of the DD Form 214.  The regulation stated the complete name and SSN of the separating service member would be entered on the DD Form 214.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  Although the applicant requests correction of her DD Form 214 to show the SSN as shown on her social security card, all of the documents in her military service records show she served in the Army using a different SSN.

2.  For historical purposes, the Army has an interest in maintaining the integrity of its records.  The data and information contained in those records should reflect the conditions and circumstances that existed at the time the records were created.  In the absence of a showing of material error or injustice, there is a reluctance to recommend that those records be changed.  While it is understandable the applicant desires to now record her correct SSN in her military records, there is not a sufficiently compelling reason for compromising the integrity of the Army's records at this late date.

3.  The applicant is advised that a copy of this decisional document will be filed in her official military personnel file (OMPF).  This should serve to clarify any questions or confusion in regard to the different SSN recorded in her military records and to satisfy her desire to have her correct SSN documented in her OMPF.





BOARD VOTE:

________  ________  ________  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 that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.



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               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.



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