CASE NO: AD97-00537

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

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

2. Date of discharge (or REFRAD): 910905

3. Authority for separation:

         a. Regulation: Chapter 10, AR 635-200

         b. Reason: For The Good Of The Service-In Lieu Of Court-Martial

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
a. Period entered for: 6 Years ARCOM
b. Entry date: 891013 AAM
c. Age: 27 Years DOB: 620930 NDSM
d. Educational level: GED SWASM w/2BSS
e. Aptitude area scores: OSR
         GT: 113                  C/Ach
f. Actual creditable service: 1 Year
10 Months 23 Days 3. Highest grade achieved:
                                                                                 Grade
E5

4. Performance evaluations:
( X ) NONE
































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

5. Periods of unauthorized absence: ( X ) NONE

6. Nonjudicial punishment: ( X ) NONE
                 
7. Court-Martial data:

         a. SCM:           ( X ) NONE
         Date              Offense(s)

        
         b. SPCM:                  ( X ) NONE
                  Date               Offense(s)


         c.       GCM:              ( X ) NONE
                  Date               Offense(s)


8.       Remarks: ( X ) NONE



SECTION B - Other Service Data

1. Other discharge(s):

         Service                   Type
         RA                         HD
         USARCG            NA
         RA                         HD
        
                                  
                                  






























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         CASE NO: AD97-00537

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

1. Summary of facts and circumstances concerning discharge:

         910716:  Applicant was charged with violating a lawful general order, to wit:              by wrongfully retaining as war trophies a hand grenade and six                     rounds of 7.62 ammunition and failure to give notice and turn over                to proper authority without delay certain captured or abandoned                            property which had come into his possession and control.
         910802:  Applicant consulted legal counsel, requested discharge under the                  provisions of Chapter 10, AR 635-200, in lieu of trial by court                            martial, and submitted a statement in his own behalf.
         910828:  Separation authority approved separation with an other than under                 honorable conditions discharge.         
         910904:  Applicant did not desire a separation medical examination.
         910905:  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 921117.
         B-1:     DD Form 293, with sixteen(16) enclosures as submitted by the applicant.

        


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

PART V - SUMMARY OF REVIEW HEARING

1. Review/Hearing information:

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

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

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
















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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 number(s) below correspond(s) to the                     issue number(s) on the DD Form 293, or in Part VI,                                  Paragraph 1 above.
       

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




























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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                       .
         ( )      Equitable.
         ( X )    Inequitable as to characterization. Change characterization to  GENERAL UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS      .
         ( )      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 5 0

         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




























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PART VII - BOARD ACTION
SECTION B - Verification and Authentication

Case report reviewed and verified       


                         
COL MATHEWS
Post Hearing Reviewer   


PART VIII - DIRECTIVE/CERTIFICATION
SECTION A - DIRECTIVE

TO: Commander, ARPERCEN
The Army Discharge Review Board, established under the provisions of Section 30, Public Law 346, 78th Congress, 22 June 1944 and codified as Title 10, United States Code, Section 1553, in the case of the applicant named in Part I directs that:

         ( ) Characterization of discharge be changed to                          Uncharterized.
         ( ) Characterization of discharge be changed to Honorable.
         (X ) Characterization of discharge be changed to Under           Honorable Conditions.
         ( ) Reason and authority for discharge be changed to             .
         ( ) Other (see remarks below).
Remarks:         (X ) ADRB action requires restoration of grade. Restore                  grade to E5



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:

AD9700537 970416 UD 910905 AR635-200 C10 A7000 GD 5-0 A
1 10 11 12 18 20 26 41 46 49 52

A9408 A0100 A9500
         53 63 73        



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PART IX - VOTING RECORD

Name  Reason Characterization
CHANGE NC HON UHC NC UNCHAR

1. LTC PHILLIPS, JOHN S. Mbr      X      X       

2. LTC SMITH, LILLIAN C. Mbr      X      X       

3. COL ALLEN, THOMAS J. Mbr      X      X       

4. COL MELCHIOR, ROBERT J. Mbr      X      X       

5. COL MATHEWS, WILLIAM PO      X      X       
































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