IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 6 December 2011
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20110011509
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 that the name on his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) be changed.
2. The applicant states he served as Allen H____ but his legal name is David Allen H___.
3. The applicant provides photocopies of his passport and a DD Form 214 Worksheet.
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. On 28 May 1993 the applicant enlisted using the name Allen H____. His service as a light vehicle mechanic included Bosnia in 1995-96. He was separated on 11 June 2002 due to physical disability. Virtually every document in his service record employs and/or is signed using the name Allen H____.
3. He sent a copy of his 2005 passport to show that his correct name is David Allen H____ ; however, he still signed that document Allen H____.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. For historical purposes, the Army has an interest in maintaining the continuity 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. Although the applicants name may be different than he provided when he enlisted, served, and was discharged from the Army, he has not provided any evidence to show this constitutes an error or injustice that requires changing the record.
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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