| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Deborah L. Brantley | Senior Analyst |
| Mr. Samuel A. Crumpler | Chairperson | |
| Mr. Melvin H. Meyer | Member | |
| Ms. Regan K. Smith | Member |
2. The applicant requests that his separation document be corrected to reflect that he was separated in pay grade E-5. He also requests any back pay and allowances. In support of his request he submits a copy of his promotion orders, and a March 1968 letter, which forwarded him the promotion order.
3. Records available to the Board indicate the applicant entered active duty on 16 March 1966 and was assigned to Vietnam in February 1967. In July 1967 the applicant was promoted to pay grade E-4. The applicant departed Vietnam on
8 February 1968 enroute to the United States for separation processing. He was released from active duty, two days later, on 10 February 1968. His DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) indicates he was released from active duty in pay grade E-4. The document reflects his July 1967, E-4 date of rank.
4. On 20 March 1968, more than one month after the applicant was released from active duty, a letter was forwarded to the applicant informing him that he had been promoted to pay grade E-5. The letter noted that "due to the tactical situation the last several weeks, we have been receiving our correspondence…late." Included with the correspondence was a copy of the applicant's promotion orders to pay grade E-5. A copy of those orders was also contained in files available to the Board.
5. The applicant was promoted to pay grade E-5 effective 8 February 1968, two days prior to his release from active duty. The orders, however, were not issued until 20 February 1968, ten days after his separation.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The evidence clearly indicates that the applicant was promoted to pay grade E-5 with an effective date of 8 February 1968, two days prior to his separation from active duty. As such, the Board concludes it would be appropriate, and in the interest of justice, to correct his records accordingly.
2. In the event he is entitled to any back pay and allowance, officials at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) will make that determination and inform the applicant accordingly.
3. 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:
a. by showing that the individual concerned was promoted to pay grade E-5 effective 8 February 1968; and
b. that entitlement to any back pay and allowances, which may result from this correction, be determined by DFAS.
BOARD VOTE:
__SAC__ __MHM__ __RKS__ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
__ Samuel A. Crumpler___
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002071474 |
| SUFFIX | |
| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20020801 |
| 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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