IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 15 April 2010
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20090017323
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 correction of items 4a (Grade, Rate or Rank), 4b (Pay Grade), and 12h (Effective Date of Pay Grade) on his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty).
2. The applicant states he was promoted to major while on terminal leave and after he signed his DD Form 214.
3. The applicant provides promotion orders in support of his application.
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. Having prior inactive service in the U.S. Army Reserve and the Army National Guard, the applicant was ordered to active duty on 14 May 1999 to fulfill his active Army requirement. He served as an infantry officer in Bosnia and Afghanistan. He was promoted to captain on 1 June 2001. He was honorably discharged on 31 October 2007 for miscellaneous/general reasons.
2. Item 4a on the applicant's DD Form 214 shows the entry "CPT" [Captain]. Item 4b on his DD Form 214 shows the entry "O03." Item 12h on his DD Form 214 shows the entry "2001 06 01" [1 June 2001].
3. Promotion orders, dated 3 October 2007, show the applicant was promoted to major effective 2 October 2007 with a date of rank (DOR) of 2 October 2007.
4. Records at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service show the applicant was discharged in pay grade O-4 [major].
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
The promotion orders which show the applicant was promoted to major on
2 October 2007 with a DOR of 2 October 2007 are accepted as sufficient evidence on which to amend items 4a, 4b, and 12h on the applicant's DD Form 214.
BOARD VOTE:
_____X___ ____X___ ___X____ GRANT FULL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:
The Board determined that the evidence presented was sufficient to warrant a recommendation for relief. As a result, the Board recommends that all Department of the Army records of the individual concerned be corrected by:
a. deleting the entries in items 4a, 4b, and 12h on his DD Form 214;
b. adding the entry "MAJ" item 4a on his DD Form 214;
c. adding the entry "O04" in item 4b on his DD Form 214; and
d. adding the entry "2007 10 02" in item 12h on his DD Form 214.
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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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