IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 19 May 2015
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20140017007
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 that his DD Form 214 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) be corrected to show in item 2 that the last digit of his service number is a 7.
2. The applicant states that his DD Form 214 incorrectly shows that the last digit of his service number is a 2 instead of a 7.
3. The applicant provides copies of his DD Form 214, discharge certificate and discharge orders.
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 13 August 1958 and was assigned a service number ending in the digit 7. He completed his training as a central office repairman and served all of his service using a service number ending in 7.
3. On 11 August 1961, he was honorably released from active duty (REFRAD) due to the expiration of his term of service (ETS). He had served 2 years, 11 months and 29 days of active service. His DD Form 214 issued at the time of his REFRAD shows his service number in item 2 as ending in a 2.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant was assigned a service number ending with the last digit of 7; however, it appears that a clerical error resulted in the last digit being entered as a 2.
2. Accordingly, his DD Form 214 should be corrected to show that the last digit of his service number in item 2 ends in a 7 instead of a 2.
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 showing in item 2 of his DD Form 214 that the last digit of his service number is a 7 instead of a 2.
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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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