| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Ms. Deborah L. Brantley | Senior Analyst |
| Ms. Joann H. Langston | Chairperson | |
| Ms. Regan K. Smith | Member | |
| Mr. John T. Meixell | Member |
2. The applicant requests that his October 2002 Certification of Military Service be corrected to show that his “last grade, rank, or rating” was as a corporal vice private. In support of his request he submits a copy of his December 1960 honorable discharge certificate from the Army of the United States which indicates that he was discharged as a corporal from the United States Army Reserve.
3. The applicant’s military personnel file was likely lost or destroyed during the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center. In the Spring of 2002 the applicant submitted a request to the National Personnel Records Center requesting confirmation of his military service for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. In response to his request he was informed that his records were likely among those destroyed during the 1973 fire and provided him with a Certification of Military Service. That certification document noted that he had served on active duty between 4 December 1952 and 8 December 1954 and that his “last grade, rank, or rating” was that of “private.” There is no indication in available records which notes the source of the information utilized by the National Personnel Records Center to prepare the applicant Certification of Military Service. However, the information does appear consistent with a form the applicant completed in response to a request by the National Personnel Records Center. That form, however, does not indicate the applicant’s grade at the time of his separation in 1956.
4. The applicant submited a copy of his December 1960 honorable discharge certificate which indicated that he was a corporal at the time he was discharged as a member of the United States Army Reserve. There is no indication that the applicant actively participated in the United States Army Reserve after his release from active duty in 1956. In order for the applicant to have been promoted to corporal in the United States Army Reserve he would have had to have actively participated in the Reserve as a member of a Troop Program Unit, or similar circumstance.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. While the evidence available to the Board does not confirm that the applicant was serving as a corporal at the time of his separation from active duty in 1954, it is reasonable, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to conclude that his 1960 discharge certificate more accurately reflected his grade than did his Certification of Military Service which was executed in October 2002 and appears to be based on information provided by the applicant to officials at the National Personnel Records Center. The Board does note that the applicant would have had to actively participate in the United States Army Reserve in order to have been promoted to corporal after his separation from active duty. Neither the evidence available to the Board, nor information provided by the applicant, indicates that was the case. As such, the Board concludes, in the interest of justice and equity, that a new Certification of Military Service should be executed indicating that he was released from active duty in 1954 in the grade of corporal.
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 released from active duty in 1954 in the grade of corporal.
BOARD VOTE:
__JHL___ __RKS __ __JTM __ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
___Joann H. Langston____
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2002081729 |
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| RECON | YYYYMMDD |
| DATE BOARDED | 20030717 |
| 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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