IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 23 October 2014
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20140005524
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 block 7a (Place of Entry into Active Duty) of his DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to show Boston, Massachusetts instead of Boston, Michigan.
2. The applicant states the incorrect state was recorded on his DD Form 214.
3. The applicant provides a DD Form 214.
CONSIDERATION OF EVIDENCE:
1. The applicant enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve Delayed Entry Program on 15 October 2009. His DD Form 4 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document) shows in block 3 (Home of Record), Plymouth, Massachusetts, and in block 4 (Place of Enlistment/Reenlistment), Boston, Massachusetts.
2. He enlisted in the Regular Army on 20 January 2010 and he was honorably released from active duty on 8 June 2013. His DD Form 214 shows in block 7a the entry "Boston, Michigan."
3. Army Regulation 635-5 (Separations Documents), in effect during the applicant's active duty service, prescribed the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army. It established standardized policy for the preparation of the DD Form 214. It stated the DD Form 214 is a synopsis of the Soldier's most recent period of continuous active service. The regulation provided that a Soldier's initial enlistment contract or appointment document is the source for the data entered in block 7a.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant's DD Form 4 clearly shows his home of record and place of enlistment as Massachusetts. It appears that during the preparation of his
DD Form 214 an administrative error occurred that resulted in the recording of the State of Michigan as his place of entry into active duty instead of the State of Massachusetts.
2. In view of the foregoing, his DD Form 214 should be corrected to show the entry "Boston, Massachusetts" in block 7a.
BOARD VOTE:
____X____ ___X_____ ___X_____ GRANT FULL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT PARTIAL RELIEF
________ ________ ________ GRANT FORMAL HEARING
________ ________ ________ DENY APPLICATION
BOARD DETERMINATION/RECOMMENDATION:
The Board determined that the evidence presented was 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 deleting the current entry in block 7a of his DD Form 214 and replacing it with the entry "Boston, Massachusetts."
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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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