IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 10 May 2011
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20100026715
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, in effect, his dates of service in Vietnam be added to his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge).
2. The applicant states:
* he served combat duty in Vietnam in an artillery division for about a year
* his military occupational specialty (MOS) was 13A1O (field artillery basic)
3. The applicant provides his 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 applicant's 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 applicant's failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing.
2. He was inducted into the Army of the United States on 22 June 1967. He served in MOS 13A in Vietnam and was released from active duty on 20 June 1969.
3. Item 22c (Foreign and/or Sea Service) of his DD Form 214 shows he served 1 year of foreign service in U.S. Army Vietnam (USARV). Item 30 (Remarks) does not show any Vietnam service.
4. Item 31 (Foreign Service) of his DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) shows he served in Vietnam from 19 December 1967 through 18 December 1968.
5. Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) governs the preparation of the DD Form 214. The regulation in effect at the time provided that the total active duty outside the continental limits of the United States for the period covered by the DD Form 214 and the last overseas theater (e.g., USARV) in which the service was performed would be entered in item 22c. Later versions of this regulation required that the inclusive dates of service in Vietnam performed on or after 5 August 1964 would be listed the Remarks block.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
The entry in item 31 of the applicant's DA Form 20 which shows he served in Vietnam from 19 December 1967 through 18 December 1968 is accepted as sufficient evidence on which to add the entry "Vietnam Service: 19 December 1967 to 19 December 1968" to item 30 of his 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 the evidence presented is 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 adding the entry "Vietnam Service: 19 December 1967 to 18 December 1968" to item 30 of 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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