IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 15 March 2011
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20100022257
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 the first name listed in his military records be corrected.
2. The applicant states his correct first name is the one listed on his birth certificate as initials. He claims the first and middle names recorded in his military records are incorrect and the result of his being required to put names with his initials when he went to grammar school in Mississippi where initials were not acceptable as a first name.
3. The applicant provides copies of his birth certificate, social security card, drivers license and a void check in support of his application.
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. The applicant's record shows that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 31 July 1967. The DD Form 4 (Enlistment Record-Armed Forces of the United States), in item 1 (Name), and all other documents prepared during his enlistment processing, list his first and middle name he now claims are incorrect. The applicant authenticated the DD Form 4 with his signature in item 38 using the first and middle names he now claims are in error.
3. The applicant's DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) also lists his name as he now claims is incorrect in item 1 (Name). He authenticated this record with his signature using the first and middle names he now claims are incorrect. He last audited this record on 29 January 1969.
4. All official documents and orders in the applicant's DA Form 201 (Military Personnel Records Jacket (MPRJ)) list the same first and middle names as they are recorded on his DD Form 4 and DA Form 20.
5. On 30 July 1970, applicant was honorably released from active duty in the rank of sergeant/E-5, after completing 3 years of active military service. The
DD Form 214 he was issued lists the first and middle names in item 1 (Last Name - First Name - Middle Name) as recorded on his DD Form 4, DA Form 20, and in all other documents in his MPRJ.
6. The applicant provides copies of his birth certificate, driver's license, social security card, and a void check that list his first name as he now claims is correct.
7. Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) prescribes the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army. It states the name as it is recorded in the military record will be entered in item 1 of the DD Form 214.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant's request to change the name in his military record to the one recorded on his birth certificate has been carefully considered.
2. While it is understandable why the applicant would like the name in his military records changed to the one listed on his birth certificate, the Army has an interest in maintaining the accuracy of its records. The data and information contained in those records should reflect the conditions and circumstances that existed at the time the records were created.
3. The record shows the applicant entered, served, and was separated under the name as it is listed on his DD Form 4, DA Form 20, and all documents in his MPRJ. Absent evidence showing he attempted to correct or change his name while serving, it is presumed he voluntarily chose to serve using the name recorded in his military records.
4. This Record of Proceedings along with the application and supporting documents will be filed in his military record. This will provide clarity and deal with confusion arising from the difference in the name in his military record and the one on his birth certificate while guaranteeing the historical accuracy of the of the applicant's military record regarding the name under which he served.
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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