IN THE CASE OF:  
	  

		BOARD DATE:  26 March 2015	  

		DOCKET NUMBER:  AR20140014211 


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 (Certificate of Release of Discharge from Active Duty) to show his social security number (SSN) with the last three digits listed as "111" vice "666."

2.  The applicant states he had a house fire and his social security card was destroyed.  When the Social Security Administration replaced his card they also issued him a new SSN.  He would like his DD Form 214 to be corrected to reflect this new SSN.

3.  The applicant provides his certificate of live birth, social security card, and 
DD Form 214.

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 Regular Army on 10 February 1977

3.  All of the documents in his military record that contain an SSN show his SSN with the last three digits as "666."  

	a.  These documents included the following:

* Standard Forms (SF) 88 (Record of Medical Examination) and SF 93 (Report of Medical History), dated 31 January 1977
* DD Form 1966 (Application for Enlistment –Armed Forces of the United States), dated 7 February 1977
* DD Form 4 (Enlistment/Reenlistment Document-Armed Forces of the United States), dated 7 February 1977
* Orders Number 31-8, issued by the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station, Baltimore, Maryland on 11 February 1977
* DA Form 2 (Personnel Qualification Record – Part I)
* DA Form 2-1 (Personnel Qualification Record – Part II)
 
	b.  He verified many of these documents with his signature, indicating he had reviewed the data contained on the form to include his SSN listed with the last three digits of "666."

4.  His records do not contain any evidence that shows his current SSN was used during his period of military service.

5.  On 15 February 1980, he was released from active duty.  His DD Form 214 shows the last three digits of his SSN as "666."

6.  He provides a copy of his social security card that shows the last three digits of his SSN as "111."

7.  Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents) at the time prescribed the separation documents prepared for Soldiers upon retirement, discharge, or release from active military service or control of the Army.  The DD Form 214 is a synopsis of the Soldier's most recent period of continuous active duty.  It provides a brief, clear-cut record of active Army service at the time of release from active duty, retirement, or discharge.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The applicant's request for correction of his DD Form 214 to show a different SSN was carefully considered.

2.  There is no evidence of record that shows the applicant ever used an SSN with the last three digits of "111" during his period of military service.  The only evidence that shows he had an incorrect SSN is the social security card he provided, which is undated.

3.  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 a showing of material error or injustice, there is a reluctance to recommend that those records be changed.  While it is understandable that the applicant now desires to record a different 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.

4.  In view of the foregoing, there is an insufficient evidentiary basis for granting the applicant's 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 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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