IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 3 February 2009
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20080009065
THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE:
1. Application for correction of military records (with supporting documents provided, if any).
2. Military Personnel Records and advisory opinions (if any).
THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, STATEMENT, AND EVIDENCE:
1. The applicant requests her exact combat dates be entered on her DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active Duty). In effect, she requests that her foreign service dates be entered in Item 18 (Remarks) of her DD Form 214.
2. The applicant states the exact dates of her service in the Persian Gulf Theater were not entered on her DD Form 214 and now she cannot qualify for Persian Gulf grants.
3. The applicant provides a copy of her DD Form 214. It shows in Item 12f (Record of Service Foreign Service) 10 months and 27 days.
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. The applicant served in the Regular Army from 29 April 2004 through 30 April 2008.
2. The applicants Enlisted Record Brief (ERB), prepared on 30 April 2008, shows she served in Kuwait from 27 December 2004 through 22 November 2005, a period of 10 months and 27 days.
3. The applicants Integrated Personnel Electronic Records Management System (iPERMS) records show while serving with the 95th Chemical Company, she was awarded the Army Commendation Medal by the Commander, Area Support Group Kuwait, for service from 18 September 2004 through 30 November 2005. The 95th Chemical Company deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from on/about 26 December 2004 to 22 November 2005.
4. Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) prescribes the separation documents that must be prepared for soldiers on retirement, discharge, release from active duty service, or control of the Active Army. It establishes standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214. It currently provides that for an Active Army Soldier deployed to a foreign country, the following statement will be placed in Item 18: SERVICE IN (NAME OF COUNTRY DEPLOYED) FROM (inclusive dates for example, YYYYMMDD - YYYYMMDD)."
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The record shows the applicant deployed with the 95th Chemical Company to Kuwait and served there from 27 December 2004 through 22 November 2005.
2. The applicants DD Form 214, in Item 12f, show the appropriate number of months and days of foreign service; however, the exact dates are not reflected in Item 18.
3. The applicants record should be corrected to reflect her foreign service in Kuwait; such correction to say nothing of combat dates.
BOARD VOTE:
________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF
___X____ ___X____ ___X____ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:
1. The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for partial relief. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by entering the following statement in Item 18 of the individuals DD Form 214, SERVICE IN KUWAIT FROM 20041227 to 20051122."
2. The Board further determined that the evidence presented is insufficient to warrant a portion of the requested relief. As a result, the Board recommends denial of so much of the application that pertains to combat dates.
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CHAIRPERSON
I certify that herein is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in this case.
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