| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Deborah L. Brantley | Senior Analyst |
| Mr. Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr. | Chairperson | |
| Mr. John P. Infante | Member | |
| Ms. Paula Mokulis | Member |
2. The applicant requests that the separation date on his WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) be corrected. He notes that the separation date currently reflected is the same as his date of birth.
3. The applicant's records were apparently lost or destroyed during the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. Information contained herein was reconstructed from alternative sources.
4. He entered active duty on 26 June 1946. His WD AGO Form 53-55 indicates his date of birth as 12 February 1926. His final payment voucher indicates that he was discharged on 20 May 1947, which is consistent with the dates he was on "terminal leave" recorded in the remarks section of his separation document. Item 7 (date of separation) on his WD AGO Form 53-55, however, indicates he was separated on 12 February 1926, the same date as his date of birth.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The Board concludes that the separation date currently reflected on the applicant's separation document is erroneous. There is sufficient evidence, in the form of a final payment voucher and dates of terminal leave recorded on his separation document, to conclude that the applicant was separated on 20 May 1947 and his separation document should be corrected accordingly.
2. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by showing that the individual concerned was separated from active duty on
20 May 1947 vice 12 February 1926.
BOARD VOTE:
__RVO__ __JPI ___ __PM ___ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
Raymond V. O’Connor, Jr.
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002071038 |
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| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20020530 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | (HD, GD, UOTHC, UD, BCD, DD, UNCHAR) |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | YYYYMMDD |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | AR . . . . . |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | |
| ISSUES 1. | 110.00 |
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