BOARD DATE: 10 August 2010
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20100007983
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 his last name in item 1 (Name) on his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be corrected.
2. The applicant states his last name is P___s not P___e.
3. The applicant provides:
* Birth certificate
* DD Form 214
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552(b), provides that applications for correction of military records must be filed within 3 years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice. This provision of law also allows the Army Board for Correction of Military Records (ABCMR) to excuse an applicants failure to timely file within the 3-year statute of limitations if the ABCMR determines it would be in the interest of justice to do so. While it appears the applicant did not file within the time frame provided in the statute of limitations, the ABCMR has elected to conduct a substantive review of this case and, only to the extent relief, if any, is granted, has determined it is in the interest of justice to excuse the applicants failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing.
2. Section X (Statement of Name for Official Military Records) on the applicant's enlistment contract, dated 11 February 1981, shows he acknowledged his birth certificate shows the last name P___s but he preferred to use the enlistment name P___e. He enlisted in the Regular Army on 21 October 1981 for a period of 3 years. He served as an infantryman and was honorably discharged on 3 May 1990.
3. Item 1 on the applicant's DD Form 214 shows the last name P___e.
4. All the applicant's service personnel records show the last name P___e.
5. In support of his claim, the applicant provided a birth certificate which shows the last name is P___s.
6. Army Regulation 635-5 prescribes the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army. It establishes standardized policy for the preparation of the DD Form 214. In pertinent part it states that the DD Form 214 is a synopsis of the Soldier's most recent period of continuous active duty. It provides a brief, clear-cut record of active Army service at the time of release from active duty, retirement or discharge.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. For historical purposes, the Army has an interest in maintaining the accuracy of its records. The data and information contained in those records should actually reflect the conditions and circumstances that existed at the time the records were created. In the absence of a showing of material error or injustice, there is a reluctance to recommend that those records be changed.
2. On 11 February 1981, the applicant elected to serve under the last name P___e instead of the last name shown on his birth certificate (P___s). He was enlisted and discharged under the last name P___e. While the applicant's desire to have the records changed is understandable, there is no basis for compromising the integrity of the Army's records, in particular, the applicants DD Form 214. This Board action will be filed in the applicants military records so a record of his last name will be on hand.
BOARD VOTE:
________ ________ ________ GRANT FULL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
___x___ ___x_____ ___x____ DENY APPLICATION
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:
The evidence presented does not demonstrate the existence of a probable error or injustice. Therefore, the Board determined that the overall merits of this case are insufficient as a basis for correction of the records of the individual concerned.
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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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