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ARMY | DRB | CY1997 | 199700248
Original file (199700248.rtf) Auto-classification: Denied
                                    CASE NO: AD97-00248

PART II - APPLICATION DATA
(Note: Part I deleted under the Privacy Act on Reading Room copy)

1. Type of discharge (or characterization of service): GD

2. Date of discharge (or REFRAD): 930810

3. Authority for separation:

         a. Regulation: Chapter 14, AR 635-200

         b. Reason:       Misconduct - Commission Of A Serious Offense

4. Prior review(s): ( X ) NONE



PART III - SERVICE HISTORY
SECTION A - Period of Service Under Review

1.       Service data: 2. Awards and decorations:
Type
NDSM
a. Period entered for: 3 Years ASR
b. Entry date: 911105
c. Age: 18 Years DOB: 730327
d. Educational level: HS Grad
e. Aptitude area scores: ( X ) NIF/NA
         GT: 104 3. Highest grade achieved:
f. Actual creditable service: 1 Year
9 Months 6 Days
Grade
E3

4. Performance evaluations:
( X ) NONE


                                             CASE NO: AD97-00248

PART III - SERVICE HISTORY
SECTION A - Period of Service Under Review - Continued

5. Periods of unauthorized absence: ( X ) NONE

6. Nonjudicial punishment:

         Nature Date
         Art 15 930129

7. Court-Martial data: ( X ) NONE
        
8.       Remarks: ( X ) NONE


SECTION B - Other Service Data

1. Other discharge(s): ( X ) NONE

        






         CASE NO: AD97-00248

PART IV - PREHEARING REVIEW
SECTION A - Analyst's Assessment

1. Summary of facts and circumstances concerning discharge:

         Undated: Unit commander notified the applicant of initiation of separation
         action under the provisions of Chapter 14, AR 635-200, for misconduct-
         commission of a serious offense. He was advised of his rights.
         Undated: Separation authority approved separation with a general discharge.
         930810: Applicant was discharged.

2. Issue(s) of propriety and/or equity on DD Form 293 or incorporated by reference:

         See Attached DD Form 293.

3. Exhibit(s) submitted:

         A-1: DD Form 293, dated 960126.





PART IV - PREHEARING REVIEW
SECTION B - Medical and/or Legal Advisory Opinion
( X ) NONE

PART V - SUMMARY OF REVIEW HEARING


         a. Applicant testified: ( ) Yes ( X ) No

        
         b. Witness(es) testified: ( ) Yes ( X ) No
        

2. Exhibit(s) submitted at hearing: ( X ) NONE


                                    CASE NO: AD97-00248

PART VI - ISSUES AND FINDINGS

1. a. Applicant's issue(s) of propriety and/or equity:
         ( X )   Same as those listed on DD Form 293 and Part IV, Section A, Paragraph 2.
         ( )     Revised issue(s) furnished in writing by applicant as follows:
         ( )     Additional issue(s) identified during review/hearing as follows:

        
b. Request: ( X ) Recharacterization ( ) Change of Reason


2. Finding(s), conclusion(s), and reason(s) for the Board's decision(s) on issues of propriety and/or equity:

         a. Propriety:    The applicant has not submitted an issue of propriety and the ADRB has not otherwise relied upon an issue of propriety to change the discharge.

         b. Equity:       The parenthetical numbers below corresponds to the issue numbers on the DD Form 293, or in Part VI, Paragraph 1, above.

(1),(2),(3) The issues are rejected. The applicant, by violating the Army's policy not to possess or use illegal drugs, compromised the trust and confidence placed in the applicant as a soldier at the time. As a soldier the applicant had the duty to support and abide by the Army's drug policy. By using illegal drugs the applicant knowingly risked receiving a less than fully honorable discharge. The applicant's discharge was appropriate because the quality of service determination at the time of discharge was inconsistent with the Army's standards for acceptable personal conduct by military personnel. By misconduct the applicant diminished the quality of service below that meriting a fully honorable discharge. The applicant provided no independent corroborating evidence demonstrating that either the command's action was erroneous or the applicant’s service mitigated the misconduct. The Board, being convinced that the reason for discharge and the characterization of service were both proper and equitable, voted to deny relief.

3. Response to item(s) not addressed as decisional issue(s): ( X ) NA


                           CASE NO: AD97-00248

PART VII - BOARD ACTION
SECTION A - Conclusions/Decisions/Vote

1.       Board conclusion(s):

         The discharge was:

         ( X )    Proper.
         ( )      Improper as to characterization. Change characterization to
                                     .
         ( )      Improper as to reason. Change reason to
                        under                       .
         ( X )    Equitable.
         ( )      Inequitable as to characterization. Change characterization to
                               .
         ( )      Inequitable as to reason. Change reason to
             
                  under
                   .
         ( )      Both proper and equitable, but characterization/reason for separation cited was an administrative/clerical error and should be changed to
                     under                          .


2. Voting record: Change No Change
         Reason 0 5
Characterization 0 5

         The names and votes of the members of the Board are recorded in Part IX of this document and can be obtained by writing to the address below. The request must contain the CASE NO. located in the upper right corner of this document.

Department of the Army Review Boards Agency
ATTN: CPCD
1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, 2nd Floor
Arlington, VA 22202-4508



3. Minority views: ( X ) NA


                                    CASE NO: AD97-00248

PART VII - BOARD ACTION
SECTION B - Verification and Authentication

Case report reviewed and verified       


                                 
MAJ WYRICK
Post Hearing Reviewer   


PART VIII - DIRECTIVE/CERTIFICATION
SECTION A - DIRECTIVE

(X) NONE




SECTION B - CERTIFICATION


Approval Authority:

EL CARTIO BARNES
Colonel, U.S. Army
President, Army Discharge
Review Board

Official:




SHERRY HILL SARGENT
Major, U.S. Army
Chief, Secretary Recorder

EXHIBITS:
A - Application for review of discharge           C - Other
B - Material submitted by applicant     



INDEX RECORD:

AD9700248 970306 GD 930810 AR635-200 C14 A6730 NC 5-0 A
1 10 11 12 18 20 26 41 46 49 52

A9442 A0100 A9235 A9447
53 58 63 68


                           CASE NO: AD97-00248

PART IX - VOTING RECORD

Name & Rank Reason Characterization
CHANGE NC HON UHC NC UNCHAR

1. MAJ WYRICK, JIMMY Mbr
     X          X    

2. LTC SMITH, LILLIAN Mbr
    X          X    

3. LTC WHISKER, JILL Mbr
     X          X    

4. COL ALLEN, THOMAS Mbr
     X          X    

5. COL MELCHIOR, ROBERT PO
     X          X    
























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