IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 6 January 2015
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20140007504
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 and Record of Service) to show his social security number (SSN) as "236-XX-XXXX" instead of "968-XX-XXXX."
2. The applicant states he went through his military career with the wrong SSN. He would like to apply for benefits and the incorrect SSN affects his eligibility.
3. The applicant provides his DD Form 214, a copy of a social security card, and a birth certificate.
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 enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) under the Delayed Entry Program (DEP) on 27 June 1972. He was discharged from the DEP on 4 July 1972 and subsequently enlisted in the Regular Army on 5 July 1972. His DEP and Regular Army DD Forms 4 (Enlistment Contract - Armed Forces of the United States) listed his SSN as "968-XX-XXXX."
3. On 19 September 1972, he completed a DD Form 398 (Statement of Personal History) and listed his SSN as "968-XX-XXXX."
4. All documents in his service record contain the SSN as "968-XX-XXXX" including his enlistment and discharge orders, DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record), and multiple other legal and medical documents.
5. He was discharged from active duty on 1 March 1974. Item 3 (SSN) of the DD Form 214 he was issued at the time shows his SSN as "968-xx-xxxx."
6. He provides his birth certificate as well as a social security card that shows his name and a completely different SSN (236-XX-XXXX) than that shown on his DD Form 214.
7. Army Regulation 600-8 (Name and Birth Data, Social Security Account, and Temporary Identification Number (TIN)), in effect at the time, prescribes the procedures used for recording, issuing or changing personnel information normally used as a means of identification. Chapter 4 (TIN) prescribes the procedures for issuing a TIN as a means of personal identification for those individuals being processed for military service who did not have an SSN. The number "9" was designated as the first number of the 9-digit TIN. The TIN was entered as a permanent entry on all records. Upon receipt of an SSN, the TIN was to be lined-out and the SSN entered on all records.
8. Information available from the Social Security Administration shows that SSNs beginning with 800-999 are not valid SSNs; no numbers above 799 have ever been issued.
9. Army Regulation 635-5 (Personnel Separations - Separation Documents) at the time prescribed policies and procedures regarding separation documents. It also establishes standardized policy for preparing and distributing the DD Form 214. The purpose of a separation document is to provide the individual with evidence of their military service at the time of separation. It states for item 3, enter the individuals SSAN, and for item 27 (Remarks), this section is used to complete entries too long for their respective blocks. During the early 1970s instructions for the "Remarks" section included, "Transcribe SSAN in the following manner: SSAN: 000-00-0000."
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The evidence of record shows that a TIN was assigned to the applicant upon his enlistment in the Regular Army. This TIN appears to have been used during his military service. As a result, upon his discharge, his TIN was recorded in item 3 of his DD Form 214 as "968-XX-XXXX"; however, his SSN was not recorded on the DD Form 214.
2. However, based on the evidence of record and the evidence he submitted, it would be appropriate to correct the applicant's DD Form 214 in item 27 only to show his correct SSN. Therefore, in view of the foregoing, the applicant's DD Form 214 should be corrected as recommended below.
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 to item 27 of his DD Form 214 the entry: "SSAN: 236-XX-XXXX" (i.e., the number as shown on the social security card that he provides).
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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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