DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BOARD FOR CORRECTION OF NAVAL RECORDS
2
NAVY
ANNEX
WASHINGTON DC 20370-5100
CRS
Docket No: 7471-01
7 February 2002
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 Naval
Records, sitting in executive session, considered your
application on 6 February 2002.
injustice were reviewed in accordance with administrative
regulations and procedures applicable to the proceedings of this
Documentary material considered by the Board consisted of
Board.
your application, together with all material submitted in support
thereof, your naval record and applicable statutes, regulations
and policies.
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.
The Board found that you enlisted in the Navy on 17 August 1955
at age 20.
summary court-martial and a special court-martial.
The offenses
included unauthorized absences totalling 17 days.
A second special court-martial convened on 24 August 1956 and you
were found guilty of unauthorized absences totalling 25 days and
The court sentenced you to confinement at
breaking restriction.
hard labor for six months,
months, reduction in rank, and a bad conduct discharge.
received the bad conduct discharge on 16 January 1957.
In its review of your application the Board carefully weighed all
potentially mitigating factors, such as your youth and
However, the Board concluded that these factors were
immaturity.
not sufficient to warrant recharacterization of your discharge
due to the fact that your repetitive unauthorized absences
totalled over a month, and you only served for somewhat more than
a year of your enlistment.
The record reflects that you were convicted by a
forfeitures of $55 per month for six
Based on the foregoing, the Board
Your allegations of error and
You
The names and
concluded that no change to the discharge is warranted.
Accordingly, your application has been denied.
votes of the members of the panel will be furnished upon request.
It is regretted that the circumstances of your case are such that
You are entitled to have the
favorable action cannot be taken.
Board reconsider its decision upon submission of new and material
evidence or other matter not previously considered by the Board.
In this regard, it is important to keep in mind that a
presumption of regularity attaches to all official records.
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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