IN THE CASE OF:
BOARD DATE: 4 August 2015
DOCKET NUMBER: AR20150000793
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 (Armed Forces of the United States Report of Transfer or Discharge) by showing his correct social security number (SSN).
2. The applicant states, in effect, that the middle two digits of his SSN should read as 82.
3. The applicant provides copies of his:
* DD Form 214
* social security card
* Arkansas Commercial Drivers License
* Special Orders Number (SO#) 293, Fort Hood, Texas, dated 6 December 1967
* SO# 68, I Field Force Vietnam, dated 8 March 1968
* SO# 39, Headquarters, Provisional Corps Vietnam, dated 29 April 1968
* SO# 107, Headquarters, Provisional Corps Vietnam, dated 7 July 1968
* DD Form 2A (Armed Forces of the United States Identification Card), Expiration: Indefinite, issued 29 May 1973
* DD Form 2A (Armed Forces of the United States Identification Card), Expiration: 20 March 1987, front side only
* Identification Card for Purposes of the Geneva Convention, issued 10 January 1987
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 applicants 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 applicants failure to timely file. In all other respects, there are insufficient bases to waive the statute of limitations for timely filing.
2. On 13 September 1966, the applicant was inducted into the Army of the United States. A review of the applicants military records revealed that documents on file that required an SSN entry contained both the number he now claims to be correct and the number he claims as incorrect. There were even some documents with a different pair of middle numbers. Those documents showing the number he now claims to be correct include:
* DD Form 398 (Statement of Personal History), dated 6 September 1966
* SO# 293, Fort Hood, Texas, dated 6 December 1967
3. On 3 September 1968, the applicant was released from active duty. His
DD Form 214 shows his SSN with 83 as the middle two digits, the number the applicant indicates is wrong.
4. The applicants social security card shows his number with a middle pair of digits as 82.
5. Army Regulation 635-5 (Separation Documents), as then in effect, provided detailed instructions for completing separation documents, including the DD Form 214. The DD Form 214 is a summary of a Soldier's most recent period of continuous active duty. It provided a brief, clear-cut record of active duty service at the time of release from active duty, retirement, or discharge.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS:
1. The applicant contends that his DD Form 214 should be corrected by showing his correct SSN.
2. After reviewing the available documents in the applicants military records and comparing them with his social security card, it is apparent that his SSN was entered incorrectly on his DD Form 214. Accordingly, it would be appropriate to correct this error.
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 on his DD Form 214 his social security number as indicated on his social security card.
__________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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