BOARD DATE: 18 September 2012
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20120005969
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 his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) to show the last two digits of his social security number (SSN) as "84" vice "64."
2. The applicant states Army personnel made a typographical error on his DD Form 214.
3. The applicant provides his DD Form 214, a certificate, orders, and his social security card.
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. The applicant's records show he was inducted into the Army of the United States on 19 January 1967 and he held military occupational specialty 71B (Clerk Typist).
3. His DA Form 20 (Enlisted Qualification Record) created upon his entry on active duty shows his SSN with the last two digits as "64." He authenticated this form by placing his signature in the appropriate block on 28 January 1967 and reviewing this document on 21 August 1968.
4. His records contain a DA Form 3027 (U.S. Army Request for National Agency Check), dated 20 January 1967, that shows his SSN with the last two digits as "64."
5. His record contains several orders, personnel, and legal documents that show only his service number and not his SSN. His record also contains several orders, personnel, and legal documents that show his SSN with the last two digits as "64."
6. A DD Form 1407 (Dependent Medical Care and DD Form 1173 Statement), dated 24 August 1968, shows his SSN with the last two digits as "64." He authenticated this form by placing his signature in the appropriate block on that date.
7. Special Orders Number 238 issued by the U.S. Army Personnel Center, Fort Lewis, WA, dated 25 August 1968, released him from active duty effective 25 August 1968. These orders show his SSN with the last two digits as "64."
8. He was honorably released from active duty on 25 August 1968 and transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve. He completed 1 year, 7 months, and 7 days of creditable active service.
9. Item 3 (SSN) of his DD Form 214 shows his SSN with the last two digits as "64."
10. The applicant provides his social security card, dated 27 July 2010, showing an SSN with the last two digits as "84."
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The evidence of record confirms the applicant's SSN was listed with the last two digits as "64" upon his entry on active duty. This is the SSN he used throughout his military service. He authenticated many documents by placing his signature in the appropriate place indicating his SSN was correct. He did not use the SSN that he now claims is correct during his period of military service.
2. For historical purposes, 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. In the absence of a showing of material error or injustice, there is a reluctance to recommend that those records be changed. While it is understandable the applicant desires to now record his current SSN in his military records, there is not a sufficiently compelling reason for compromising the integrity of the Army's records at this late date. However, a copy of this Record of Proceedings will be placed in his Army Military Human Resource Record so a record of his current SSN will be documented.
3. Therefore, there is an insufficient evidentiary basis for granting the requested relief.
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 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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