DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORD
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2 NAVY ANNE
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WASHINGTON DC 20370.510
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ELP
Docket No. 2957-01
23 August 2001
Dear
This is in reference to your application for correction of your
naval record pursuant to the provisions of Title 10, United
States Code, Section 1552.
A three-member panel of the Board for Correction of Navy Records,
sitting in executive session,
22 August 2001.
reviewed in accordance with administrative regulations and
procedures applicable to the proceedings of this Board.
Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of your
application, together with all material submitted in support
thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations
and policies.
considered your application on
Your allegations of error and injustice were
After careful and conscientious consideration of the entire
record, the Board found that the evidence submitted was
insufficient to establish the existence of probable material
error or injustice.
You enlisted in the Marine Corps on 23 June 1965 for four years.
The record reflects that you were advanced to PFC (E-2) and
served without incident until 28 February 1966, when the Marine
Corps notified your parents that you were missing from the Naval
Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
You and another Marine had been
fishing in a recreation boat and failed to return to the base.
The news clippings you provide indicate you were seized by Cuban
authorities after your boat entered Cuban waters outside the base
area.
Embassy, who represented United States interests in Cuba.
parents were notified on 2 March 1966 that you were in the hands
of military authorities in Miami.
reflected as lost time in your record.
You and the other Marine were turned over to the Swiss
This period of absence is not
Your
The record further reflects that you served in Vietnam from July
1966 to July 1967, advanced to LCPL (E-31, and served without
_
Consequently, when applying for a correction of an official naval
record, the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate the
existence of probable material error or injustice.
Sincerely,
W. DEAN PFEIFFER
Executive Director
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