B-169764, JUN. 2, 1970

B-169764, JUN. 2, 1970

PAY--CHECK AGES AND FORFEITURES--RECLAIM UPON REQUEST OF REVIEW OF PAY RECORD DURING PERIOD OF MEMBER'S SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN U.S. NAVAL RESERVE, PREVIOUS CLAIM FOR FLIGHT PAY HAVING BEEN DISALLOWED SINCE NO FLIGHT DUTY HAD BEEN PERFORMED AFTER SEPT. 12, 1968, AND WHILE FLIGHT PAY HAD BEEN ERRONEOUSLY CREDITED TO ACCOUNT, CHECK AGE HAD BEEN MADE AT TIME OF RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PAY ACCOUNT FROM NOV. 28, 1967 THROUGH DEC. 1, 1969 SHOWED THAT AT TIME OF RELEASE TO INACTIVE DUTY NO AMOUNT WAS DUE FOR PERIOD OF ACTIVE SERVICE IN U.S. NAVAL RESERVE.

TO MR. L. EDWARD LUTHY:

FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED APRIL 21, 1970, REQUESTING A REVIEW OF YOUR PAY RECORD DURING THE PERIOD YOU SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE.

ON DECEMBER 10, 1969, YOU MADE CLAIM FOR FLIGHT PAY FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 12, 1968, TO NOVEMBER 21, 1969, WHICH YOU STATED WAS ERRONEOUSLY CREDITED TO YOUR ACCOUNT AND FOR WHICH CHECK AGE WAS MADE AT THE TIME OF YOUR RELEASE TO INACTIVE DUTY. BY SETTLEMENT OF OUR CLAIMS DIVISION DATED APRIL 10, 1970, YOUR CLAIM FOR FLIGHT PAY WAS DISALLOWED SINCE YOU STATED THAT YOU HAD CEASED PERFORMING DUTIES INVOLVING FLYING AFTER SEPTEMBER 12, 1968. YOU STILL SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED ALL OF THE PAY AND ALLOWANCES TO WHICH YOU WERE ENTITLED. THEREFORE, YOU HAVE REQUESTED A BREAKDOWN OF YOUR PAY RECORD.

A CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF YOUR PAY ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 28, 1967, THROUGH DECEMBER 1, 1969, IS AS FOLLOWS:

CREDITS

BASIC PAY:

NOVEMBER 28, 1967, THROUGH MARCH 21,

1968 (3 MONTHS, 24 DAYS $211.50

PER MONTH) $ 803.70

MARCH 22 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1968

(3 MONTHS, 9 DAYS $321.00

PER MONTH) 1,059.30

JULY 1, 1968 THROUGH MARCH 21,

1969 (8 MONTHS, 21 DAYS $343.20

PER MONTH) 2,985.84

MARCH 22 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1969

(3 MONTHS, 9 DAYS $399.30

PER MONTH) $1,317.69

JULY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 1, 1969

(1 MONTH, 1 DAY $449.70

PER MONTH) 464.69

AUGUST 2 THROUGH DECEMBER 1, 1969

4 MONTHS $534.00 PER MONTH) 2,136.00

$ 8,767.22

BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE:

MARCH 22, 1968, THROUGH DECEMBER

1, 1969 (20 MONTHS, 10 DAYS

$47.88 PER MONTH) 973.56

BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR QUARTERS:

MARCH 22 THROUGH JULY 4, 1968

(3 MONTHS, 13 DAYS $85.20

PER MONTH) 292.52

JULY 5, 1968, THROUGH MARCH 21,

1969 (8 MONTHS, 17 DAYS $110.10

PER MONTH) 943.19

MARCH 22 THROUGH DECEMBER 1, 1969

(8 MONTHS, 10 DAYS $120 PER

MONTH) 1,000.00

$ 2,235.71

AVIATION PAY (CREW MEMBER):

MAY 13, 1968, THROUGH MARCH 21,

1969 (10 MONTHS, 9 DAYS $100 PER

MONTH) 1,030.00

MARCH 22 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1969

(3 MONTHS, 9 DAYS $115 PER

MONTH) $ 379.50

$ 1,409.50

LEAVE RATIONS:

DECEMBER 17 THROUGH 31, 1967

(15 DAYS $1.30 PER DAY) $ 19.50

JANUARY 1 THROUGH 7, 1968

(7 DAYS $1.32 PER DAY) 9.24

28.74

SPECIAL INITIAL CLOTHING MONETARY

ALLOWANCE 269.51

UNIFORM ALLOWANCE 100.00

TRAVEL ADVANCE 36.20

LUMP SUM LEAVE (18 DAYS $534 PER

MONTH) 320.40

LUMP SUM ALLOWANCES (18 DAYS $167.88

PER MONTH) 100.73

CASH COLLECTION OF OVERPAYMENT AT

DISCHARGE 962.21

TOTAL CREDITS $15,203.78

DEBITS

WITHHOLDING TAX, NOVEMBER 28, 1967,

THROUGH DECEMBER 1, 1969, $ 1,157.30

FICA NOVEMBER 28, 1967, THROUGH

DECEMBER 1, 1969, 405.14

SERVICEMAN'S GROUP LIFE INSURANCE,

NOVEMBER, 1967, THROUGH DECEMBER,

1969 (26 MONTHS $2 PER MONTH) 52.00

CLASS C ALLOTMENT $ 17.10

CLASS B ALLOTMENT 208.00

CASH AND CHECK PAYMENTS 11,999.59

CLOTHING AND SMALL STORES CHECK AGE 255.15

AVIATION PAY (CREW MEMBER):

AUGUST 13, 1968, THROUGH JUNE 30,

1969, CHECK AGE 1,109.50

TOTAL DEBITS $15,203.78

FROM THE FOREGOING IT WILL BE SEEN THAT AT THE TIME OF YOUR RELEASE TO INACTIVE DUTY ON DECEMBER 1, 1969, NO AMOUNT WAS DUE YOU FOR THE PERIOD OF YOUR ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE.