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AF | BCMR | CY1998 | 9701921
Original file (9701921.pdf) Auto-classification: Denied
AIR FORCE BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS 

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 

IN 

THE MATTER OF: 

DOCKET NO:  97-01921 

COUNSEL:  NONE 

HEARING DESIRED:  NO 

Applicant  requests  that  his  general  discharge  be  upgraded  to 
honorable.  Applicant's submission is at Exhibit A .  
The  appropriate Air  Force  office  evaluated  applicant's request 
and  provided an advisory opinion to  the Board  recommending the 
application be denied  (Exhibit C) .  We note that the applicant's 
WD AGO Form 53-58, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, has 
been  administratively  corrected  to  reflect  corporal  as  his 
highest grade held.  The advisory opinion was  forwarded to  the 
applicant for review and response  (Exhibit D).  As of this date, 
no response has been received by this office. 

After  careful  consideration  of  applicant's  request  and  the 
available evidence of  record, we  find  insufficient evidence  of 
error or injustice to warrant  corrective action.  The facts and 
opinions stated in the advisory opinion appear to be based on the 
evidence  of  record  and  have  not  been  rebutted  by  applicant. 
Absent  persuasive evidence applicant was denied rights to which 
entitled,  appropriate  regulations  were  not  followed,  or 
appropriate  standards  were  not  applied,  we  find  no  basis  to 
disturb the existing record. 

Accordingly, applicant's request is denied. 

The Board staff is directed to inform applicant of this decision. 
Applicant should also be informed that this decision is final and 
will only be  reconsidered upon the presentation of new relevant 
evidence  which  was  not  reasonably  available  at  the  time  the 
application was filed. 

Members of the Board Ms. Martha Maust, Mr. Joseph G. Diamond, and 
Mr.  Frank  J. Colson  considered  this  application  on  14  January 
1998 in accordance with the provisions 
of Air  Force  Instruction 
36-2603, and the governing statute, 10, 
U.S.C. 1552. 

MARTHA MAUST ,,' 
Panel Chairman 

Exhibits : 
A.  Applicant's DD Form 149 
B.  Available Master Personnel Records 
C.  Advisory Opinion 
D.  SAF/MIBR Ltr Forwarding Advisory Opinion 

DEPARTMENT OF  T H E  A I R   FORCE 

H E A D Q U A R T E R S   AIR  F O R C E   P E R S O N N E L C E N T E R  

R A N D O L P H   AIR  F O R C E   B A S E  T E X A S  

FROM:  HQ AFPClDPPRP 

550 C Street West, Suite 11 
Randolph AFB TX 78 150-47 13 

The applicant, while serving in the grade of private first class, was discharged fiom the 

Air Force on 28 May 50 under the provisions of AFR 39-10 (Expiration of Term of Service) and 
received a General Discharge.  He served  03 years, 00 months and 00 days of total active 
service. 

. 

-_-."e 

Requested Action.  The applicant is requesting upgrade of his general discharge to 

honorable.  He further request his WD Form 53-58 be corrected to show in item 38 "Highest 
Grade Held" to read Corporal.  Also, he claims his discharge does not show that he worked in a 
clinic giving shots. 

Basis for Request.  Applicant claims the reason he went AWOL was because his wife had 
a miscarriage and bleeding very bad and he was scared to leave her.  In his original request of 15 
Sep 74, he stated that other members discharged for the Same thing or worse received an 
honorable discharge if they made their loss time good. 

Discussion.  Applicant's master personnel record does not contain a discharge case 

however, record does contain a report of proceeding whereby the applicant was reduced fiom 
grade of Corporal to Private First Class on 12 Jul48.  The WD Form 53-58 shows his primary 
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) as clerk, which is correct.  In addition, it shows the 
applicant had 135 days of loss time.  This case has been reviewed for separation processing and 
there are no errors or irregularities causing an injustice to the applicant.  The discharge complies 
with directives in effect at the time of his discharge.  Administrative relief is being taken and 
AFPCDPPRSO will prepare a DD Form 21 5 to show applicant's highest grade held was 
Corporal. 

Recommendation. Denial.  Applicant did not identifjl any specific errors in 
processing nor provide facts which warrant an upgrade in the discharge he received* 
filed a timely request. 

L 

the discharge 
He has not 

SOHN C. WOOTEN, GS-9 
Military Personnel Mgmt Spec 
Programs and Procedures Branch 
Dir of Personnel Program Mgt 



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