ARMY | BCMR | CY1997 | 9710181C070209
She notes she feels the undesirable discharge was to harsh a punishment for his AWOL . PURPOSE: To determine whether the application was submitted within the time limit established by law, and if not, whether it is in the interest of justice to excuse the failure to timely file. The evaluating physician noted his motivation for future service was poor but that he was mentally responsible both to distinguish right from wrong and adhere to the right if so inclined. The physician...
ARMY | BCMR | CY1997 | 9710284C070209
APPLICANT REQUESTS: In effect, an upgrade of his general discharge to an honorable discharge. On 15 April 1960, he was discharged, in pay grade E-1, under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-209, unsuitability, character behavior disorder, with a general discharge. There is no evidence the applicant ever submitted an application to the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB); for an upgraded discharge.
ARMY | BCMR | CY1997 | 9710284
On 18 May 1959, the applicant was convicted by special court-martial for being absent without leave (AWOL) from 20 March - 23 April 1959. On 15 April 1960, he was discharged, in pay grade E-1, under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-209, unsuitability, character behavior disorder, with a general discharge. Army Regulation 635-209 set forth the basic authority for the separation of enlisted personnel for unsuitability.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050017155C070206
The unit commander stated as a reason why it would not be considered feasible or appropriate to recommend elimination under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-209 was the applicant’s attitudes of complete disregard for authority and his attitudes toward life in general. On 7 December 1960, the separation authority directed that the applicant be discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-208 with issuance of an Undesirable Discharge Certificate. After review of the evidence...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2010 | 20100027274
On 10 June 1963, his unit commander recommended his separation from the service for unfitness with the issuance of an undesirable discharge. His DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) shows: * he was discharged under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-208 with a separation program number (SPN) of 28B (Unfitness - Frequent Incidents of a Discreditable Nature with Civil or Military Authorities) * his service was characterized as under other than...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2015 | 20150001690
A DA Form 1049 (Personnel Action), dated 2 May 1961, shows the applicant's commanding officer requested an evaluation of the applicant's mental and physical conditions because he was under consideration for elimination from the service for unfitness. A DA Form 1049, dated 14 July 1961, shows the Commander, Special Processing Detachment, Fort Knox, Kentucky, requested an evaluation of the applicant's mental and physical conditions because he was under consideration for elimination from the...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2006 | 20060016772
On 12 June 1957, the applicants commander initiated separation under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-208 for unfitness. The commander stated that the applicant had received three NJP, two courts-martial, and was under arrest in quarters pending action by the convening authority on his last conviction. Army Regulation 635-208, in effect at the time, provided the authority for discharging enlisted personnel for unfitness.
ARMY | BCMR | CY2010 | 20100021119
He submitted a Standard Form 513, dated 17 March 1960, which shows he requested a medical discharge after being told he could be medically discharged for Osgood-Schlatter disease. On 29 September 1960, he acknowledged that his unit commander notified him that he was initiating action which could result in his separation from the Army under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-208 (Personnel Separations Unfitness Frequent Incidents of a Discreditable Nature with Civil or Military...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2005 | 20050015643C070206
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF: BOARD DATE: 17 August 2006 DOCKET NUMBER: AR20050015643 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. On 4 January 1960, the applicant acknowledged that he had been advised by counsel of the basis for the contemplated action against him under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-208 for unfitness. The separation...
ARMY | BCMR | CY2003 | 2003090771C070212
The applicant was discharged on 27 August 1963. However, the evidence of record shows that prior to the applicant's discharge in August 1963, competent medical authority determined that he was then medically qualified for separation with a physical profile of 111111. The Board determined that the evidence presented and the merits of this case are insufficient to warrant the relief requested, and therefore, it would not be in the interest of justice to excuse the applicant's failure to...