Search Decisions

Decision Text

ARMY | BCMR | CY1980-1989 | 8002864
Original file (8002864.rtf) Auto-classification: Denied
APPLICANT REQUESTS: Reconsideration of his requests to show that he was discharged as a Tech 5 or Corporal, grade 5 vice private.
APPLICANT STATES : The applicant maintains that he held the rank of Tech 5 and was only reduced when he entered the hospital in October 1945. Further, his commanding officer reduced him because he (the commanding officer) needed the rank for another soldier. He requests this action in order to assure that rank on his gravestone.

NEW EVIDENCE OF RECORD : Incorporated herein by reference are military records which were summarized in a memorandum prepared to reflect the Board’s original consideration of his case on 27 August 1980 (COPY ATTACHED).

The applicant was inducted on 28 August 1944. He served overseas in the Pacific Theater from March to 22 December 1945. He was honorably discharged on 5 March 1946 based on a Certificate of Discharge for disability. His awards included the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Ribbon, with one Bronze Star and the Good Conduct Ribbon. He was separated in the grade of private and his highest grade held was shown as Tech 5.

The applicant was hospitalized on 21 November 1945 due to complaints of nervousness, homesickness and loss of weight. In a medical report, dated 27 February 1946, his diagnosis was schizophrenic reaction, hebephrenic type, chronic, serve, improved.

Although there is no independent documentation showing that the applicant was promoted to Tech 5 and then reduced, there are medical entries which mention his pay grade. In a statement from one medical officer to another, dated 20 November 1945, it is stated that the applicant was given a job as a clerk in a personnel section, was promoted to Tech 5 but after two days asked for work outside and took a reduction for it. In a medical summary dated 25 February 1946, it was noted that the applicant claimed that he was reduced from Tech 5 to private just prior to hospitalization because of poor performance on the job. Also noted was that the applicant had no record of AWOL or court-martial. All references to the applicant after January 1945 refer to him as private.

DISCUSSION : Considering all the evidence, allegations, and information presented by the applicant, together with the evidence of record, applicable law and regulations, and advisory opinion(s), it is concluded:

1. Due to the lack of documentation, there is no way for the Board to determine when the applicant was promoted to Tech 5 or when and why he was reduced.

2. His contentions that he was reduced to private when he entered the hospital or to allow for the promotion of another solder is made without any independent verification. Without which, the Board must presume regularity.

3. As noted in the Board’s prior Memorandum of Consideration, without documentation showing that he was improperly reduced there is no grounds to grant relief.

4. In view of the foregoing, there is no basis for granting the applicant's request.

DETERMINATION : The applicant has failed to submit sufficient relevant evidence to demonstrate the existence of probable error or injustice.

BOARD VOTE :

GRANT

GRANT FORMAL HEARING

DENY APPLICATION




                                                      Karl F. Schneider
                                                      Acting Director

Similar Decisions

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY2006 | 20060012168

    Original file (20060012168.txt) Auto-classification: Denied

    The applicant states, in effect, that he would like his WD AGO Form 53-55 corrected to show his grade as sergeant; his date of birth as 9 October 1927; that he was never a Job Pressman and that his MOS was truck driver, machine gunner, electrical control torrent (sic), and company clerk; that he was qualified in machine guns, the bayonet, and the hand grenade; that he is eligible for one bronze service star to be affixed to his Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal because he was assigned to the...

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY2008 | 20080012087

    Original file (20080012087.txt) Auto-classification: Denied

    The applicant's WD AGO Form 53-55 shows he was promoted to PFC on 12 August 1945 and held that grade until he was separated on 2 December 1946. With respect to the applicant's grade, there was no requirement to list the applicant's induction grade or grade at the time of entry onto the WD AGO Form 53-55. The evidence of record shows that the applicant was promoted to PFC on 12 August 1945 and he held this grade until he was separated on 2 December 1946.

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY2001 | 2001059551C070421

    Original file (2001059551C070421.rtf) Auto-classification: Denied

    The applicant requests correction of military records as stated in the application to the Board and as restated herein. However, the available records show that the Adjutant General’s Office (AGO) of the War Department responded to an inquiry from the applicant regarding his reduction from the rank of Sgt to the rank of private. Notwithstanding that the applicant was properly reduced in grade in accordance with the applicable regulations, the applicant’s promotion to the rank of sergeant...

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY2006 | 20060010160C071029

    Original file (20060010160C071029.doc) Auto-classification: Denied

    RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 8 February 2007 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20060010160 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. Ronald D. Gant | |Member | The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. Item 3 (Grade) of his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of...

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY2010 | 20100000229

    Original file (20100000229.txt) Auto-classification: Denied

    The applicant requests correction of his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) to show his first name as "Theodore" instead of "Theodoer." However, his reconstructed record contains a copy of a WD AGO Form 53-55 that show his first name as "Theodoer." Nevertheless, a copy of this decisional document along with the applicant’s application will be filed in his military service records.

  • AF | BCMR | CY1998 | 8504518

    Original file (8504518.pdf) Auto-classification: Approved

    In an application submitted under AFR 31-3, dated 11 March 1 9 8 6 , the applicant requested his separation documents be corrected to show he was separated in the grade of sergeant, his organization at - - - - > + - - separation be changed 482nd Svc Sq, his eye color was blue, the addition of several battles and campaigns, and one overseas bar. This submission is at Exhibit G. 2 AFBCMR 86-04518 I I I AIR FORCE EVALUATION: The Directorate of Assignments, AFPC/DPAISl, reviewed...

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY2006 | 20060011258

    Original file (20060011258.txt) Auto-classification: Approved

    The Board considered the following evidence: Exhibit A - Application for correction of military records. The applicant requests, in effect, that his deceased father's records be corrected by awarding him the Army of Occupation Medal for his service in Korea, any other unit citations his deceased father may have been entitled, and that these awards be added to the former service member's (FSM) WD AGO Form 53-55, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation – Honorable Discharge. As a result,...

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY2001 | 2001063753C070421

    Original file (2001063753C070421.rtf) Auto-classification: Approved

    The applicant states, in effect, that the FSM’s Separation Qualification Record, WD AGO Form 100, shows he held the grade of Staff Sergeant. The FSM’s Certificate of Disability for Discharge, WD AGO Form 40, shows his rank as Private First Class. His WD AGO Form 53-55, item 3 shows his grade as Private First Class, item 31 indicates “not available” for his military qualifications, item 33 lists the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal as his only decoration, and item 38 lists his highest grade...

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY1996 | 9609077aC070209

    Original file (9609077aC070209.txt) Auto-classification: Approved

    He states, in effect, that he just recently learned that officers released at the conclusion of World War II were eligible for a terminal leave promotion. Documents provided by the applicant together with the pertinent instructions from War Department Circular 140 indicates that he had a an efficiency index and the requisite time in grade that made him eligible for a relief from active duty promotion to the next higher grade upon his separation from active duty on 25 December 1945. ...

  • ARMY | BCMR | CY2004 | 20040002570C070208

    Original file (20040002570C070208.doc) Auto-classification: Denied

    The available evidence on file does not include orders or documents indicating that the applicant was ever recommended or selected for promotion to Tec 4, or that he was ever promoted to that rank by proper authority. The documents provide no information on the applicant being recommended for or promoted to a rank above PFC during his active duty tenure. However, while it is clear the applicant was wounded in action and subsequently hospitalized, there is no indication that he was ever...