| Mr. Carl W. S. Chun | Director | |
| Mrs. Nancy L. Amos | Analyst |
| Mr. Arthur A. Omartian | Chairperson | |
| Ms. Yolanda Maldonado | Member | |
| Mr. John P. Infante | Member |
2. The applicant requests that his records be corrected to show he was assigned to Company A, 819th Aviation Engineer Battalion.
3. The applicant states that he was assigned to Company A, not Company C, the whole time he was in the Army (from 19 February 1942 to 10 October 1945). He has lots of old V-mails which show he was in Company A. He provides three of them as supporting evidence.
4. The applicant’s military records were presumably lost or destroyed in the National Personnel Records Center fire in 1973. Information contained herein was obtained from alternate sources, including the provided V-mails and the applicant's Honorable Discharge Certificate.
5. One V-mail provided by the applicant is dated, "12th July (year unknown), England." His unit is shown as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
6. The second V-mail provided by the applicant is dated, "March 3rd (presumably 1945), France." His unit is shown as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
7. The third V-mail provided by the applicant is dated, "June 6th (presumably 1945), Regensburg, Germany." His unit is shown as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
8. The applicant's Honorable Discharge Certificate shows he was assigned to Company C, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion and separated on 10 October 1945.
CONCLUSIONS:
1. The Board accepts as sufficient evidence the provided V-mails which show the applicant was assigned to Company A, not Company C, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion as substantiating his contention that he was assigned to Company A, not Company C, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
2. Although only the applicant's Honorable Discharge Certificate is available, that document should be corrected to show his unit as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
3. In view of the foregoing, the applicant’s records should be corrected as recommended below.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the applicant's Honorable Discharge Certificate be corrected to show his unit as Company A, 819th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
BOARD VOTE:
__aao___ __ym____ _jpi____ GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
__Arthur A. Omartian__
CHAIRPERSON
| CASE ID | AR2003084734 |
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| RECON | |
| DATE BOARDED | 20030724 |
| TYPE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DATE OF DISCHARGE | |
| DISCHARGE AUTHORITY | |
| DISCHARGE REASON | |
| BOARD DECISION | GRANT |
| REVIEW AUTHORITY | Mr. Schneider |
| ISSUES 1. | 100.00 |
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