IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 20 May 2014
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20130016256
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 (Report of Separation from Active Duty) to show his Social Security number as XXX-72-XXXX.
2. The applicant states his DD Form 214 incorrectly shows his SSN as
XXX-76-XXXX and it should be shown as XXX-72-XXXX.
3. The applicant provides copies of his DD Form 214, birth certificate, and 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 complete military records are not available to the Board for review. However, there was sufficient documentation submitted by the applicant for the Board to conduct a fair and impartial review of this case.
3. He provided:
* his DD Form 214 which shows he entered active duty on 22 February 1974 as a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG) and he was released from active duty to the control of the MSARNG on 21 June 1974 his SSN is shown as XXX-76-XXXX
* a certified true copy of his birth certificate issued on 16 January 2009
* his social security card showing his SSN as XXX-72-XXXX
4. Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents), in effect at the time, governed preparation of the DD Form 214. It stated the DD Form 214 would be prepared for all personnel at the time of their retirement, discharge, or release from active duty. This regulation specified that item 3 (SSN) would show the SSN verified in the Soldier's records.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. There is no evidence of record and he did not provide sufficient evidence to show the SSN listed on his DD Form 214 was not the SSN he claimed at the time he entered active military service. Absent convincing independent and verifiable evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that his DD Form 214 was correct at the time it was prepared. As a result, there is an insufficient evidentiary basis to grant him relief.
2. For historical purposes, the Army has an interest in maintaining the integrity 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 showing a material error or injustice, there is a reluctance to recommend that those records be changed. While it is understandable that he now desires to record his current SSN on his DD Form 214, there is not a sufficiently compelling reason for compromising the integrity of the Army's records at this late date.
3. A copy of this decisional document will be filed in his military records to clarify the difference between his current SSN and the SSN used during his period of active duty service.
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.
______________X___________
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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