B-157072, AUG. 19, 1966

B-157072, AUG. 19, 1966

TO MR. LESTER E. DENNIS:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 12, 1966, IN EFFECT REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION OF DECEMBER 13, 1965, B 157072, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR ARREARS OF PAY YOU BELIEVE TO BE DUE YOU INCIDENT TO YOUR SERVICE IN THE ARMY FROM MARCH 25, 1944, TO MARCH 31, 1946, AND FROM JUNE 22, 1948, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1952. IN THAT DECISION WE FURNISHED YOU A CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF YOUR PAY ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD MARCH 1, 1945, THROUGH MARCH 31, 1946, AND FOUND DUE YOU A BALANCE OF $493.15 WHICH WAS ALLOWED BY SETTLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 17, 1965. WE ALSO ADVISED YOU THAT NO RECORD HAS BEEN FOUND TO ESTABLISH YOUR CLAIM FOR THE SUM OF $500 WHICH YOU ALLEGE YOU WERE TOLD BY THE FINANCE OFFICE AT CAMP KILMER IN JANUARY 1952 WAS DUE YOU.

YOU NOW CLAIM YOU NEVER RECEIVED THE AMOUNT OF $236.62 PAID BY CHECK NOR THE AMOUNT OF $50 PAID IN CASH ON VOUCHER NO. 41652, MARCH 1946, ACCOUNTS OF Q. A. PEARSON. YOU ALSO RENEW YOUR CLAIM FOR $500 SAID TO BE DUE YOU IN 1952 "BECAUSE THE FINANCE OFFICE TOLD ME SO IN PERSON.'

THE RECORDS SHOW THAT CHECK NO. 474352 DRAWN TO YOUR ORDER IN MARCH 1946 FOR $236.62 IN PAYMENT OF VOUCHER NO. 41652, WAS NEGOTIATED AND PAID IN DUE COURSE. A COPY OF THAT VOUCHER IS ENCLOSED. THE SIGNATURE THEREON APPEARS TO BE THE SAME AS THOSE APPEARING ON YOUR LETTERS TO OUR OFFICE. ALSO ENCLOSED ARE COPIES OF YOUR PAY RECORDS COVERING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 1951, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1952, DATE OF DISCHARGE. THE INFORMATION THERE SHOWN IS SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:

TABLE

CREDITS BASE PAY AS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, JULY 1 TO

AUGUST 22, 1951, AT $112.50 PER MONTH $195.00 FOREIGN SERVICE PAY, JULY 1 TO DECEMBER 6,

1951, AT $8 PER MONTH 41.60 CLOTHING MONETARY ALLOWANCE, JULY 1 TO

AUGUST 13, 1951, AT $5.10 PER MONTH 7.31 BASE PAY AS PRIVATE, AUGUST 23, 1951, TO

FEBRUARY 1, 1952, AT $95 PER MONTH 503.50

$747.41

DEBITS AMOUNT OVERPAID PREVIOUS ACCOUNT $ 16.98 WITHHOLDING TAX DEDUCTIONS 60.90 BASE PAY, FOREIGN SERVICE PAY AND

CLOTHING MONETARY ALLOWANCE DEDUCTION

FOR 11 DAYS AWOL FROM AUGUST 2 TO 12,

1951 46.05 FOREIGN SERVICE PAY WHILE IN CONFINEMENT

FROM AUGUST 13 TO NOVEMBER 19, 1951 25.87 COURT MARTIAL FORFEITURE (AUGUST 30, 1951) 240.00 (*) OTHER DEDUCTIONS, INCLUDING LAUNDRY,

U.S. SOLDIERS HOME DEPOSITS, ETC. 12.26 CASH AND CHECK PAYMENTS

345.35

$747.41

(*) $60 OVERDEDUCTION WAS SET OFF AGAINST YOUR INDEBTEDNESS TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ON ACCOUNT OF OVERPAYMENT OF COMPENSATION, BY CERTIFICATE SETTLEMENT NO. 2179519, DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 1953.

UNLESS THE FINANCE OFFICER TO WHOM YOU REFER HAD IN MIND THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT DUE YOU AT THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PREVIOUS ENLISTMENT ON MARCH 31, 1946, YOUR STATEMENT THAT HE TOLD YOU IN 1952 THAT $500 ADDITIONAL WAS DUE YOU, IS NOT UNDERSTOOD. THE ENCLOSED COPIES OF YOUR PAY RECORDS SHOW THAT YOUR PAY ACCOUNT WAS OVERPAID $16.98 AS OF JULY 1, 1951. YOU WERE PAID A TOTAL OF $186 ($96, $10, $50 AND $30) DURING THE FOLLOWING 6 MONTHS, LEAVING AN UNPAID BALANCE OF $69.08 DUE AS OF JANUARY 1, 1952. THE AMOUNT OF $159.35 PAID AT THE TIME OF YOUR DISCHARGE ON FEBRUARY 1, 1952, REPRESENTED THE FULL AMOUNT DUE AT THAT TIME. YOU HAVE FURNISHED NO INFORMATION WHICH CASTS ANY DOUBT ON THE ACCURACY OF SUCH PAY RECORDS OR WHICH SUGGESTS ANY REASON AS TO WHY THE AMOUNTS WHICH ACCRUED TO YOU CURRENTLY COULD NOT BE PAID AT OR NEAR THE TIME THEY BECAME DUE. YOUR CONFINEMENT LASTED ONLY ABOUT 2 MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 19, 1951, AND YOU WERE CHARGED WITH ONLY 11 DAYS AWOL FROM AUGUST 2 TO 12, 1951.