B-125160, OCT. 7, 1955

B-125160, OCT. 7, 1955

TO MR. JACK L. BURLEY:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 6, 1955, AND PRIOR CORRESPONDENCE, IN EFFECT REQUESTING REVIEW OF OUR SETTLEMENT DATED JULY 25, 1952, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR REPAYMENT OF SOLDIERS' DEPOSITS BELIEVED TO BE DUE INCIDENT TO YOUR ARMY SERVICE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 3, 1945. IN THAT SETTLEMENT YOU WERE ADVISED THAT YOU WERE PAID DEPOSITS ($232) AND INTEREST ($6.21) AT DATE OF DISCHARGE, OCTOBER 3, 1945, ON VOUCHER NO. 8618-11, OCTOBER 1945 ACCOUNTS OF Q. A. PEARSON.

YOU SAY THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE SUM OF $232 AND INTEREST WHEN YOU WERE DISCHARGED BUT THAT YOU RECEIVED ONLY $100 AND TRAVEL PAY OF $9.10.

THE RECORDS SHOW THAT YOUR PAY AS A PRIVATE, FIRST CLASS, WITH OVER THREE YEARS OF SERVICE, FOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 1 TO OCTOBER 3, 1945, INCLUDING FOREIGN SERVICE PAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28, AMOUNTED TO $139.95 AND THAT YOUR COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE PAY FOR THE SAME PERIOD AMOUNTED TO $21, A TOTAL OF $160.95. YOUR CLASS N ALLOTMENT DEDUCTIONS FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1945, AT $6.60 A MONTH, AMOUNTED TO $13.20 AND YOUR FAMILY ALLOWANCE DEDUCTIONS (CLASS P) FOR AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, AT $22 A MONTH, AMOUNTED TO $66, A TOTAL OF $79.20. THUS YOUR NET PAY FOR THE PERIOD INVOLVED WAS $81.75 (THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $160.95 AND $79.20). YOU WERE PAID ON VOUCHER NO. 8618-11, OCTOBER 1945 ACCOUNTS OF Q. A. PEARSON, THE SUM OF $429.06 ($50 IN CASH AND $379.06 BY CHECK), WHICH INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: (1) NET AMOUNT DUE AS PAY FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 3, 1945, $81.75; (2) SOLDIERS' DEPOSITS, $232; (3) INTEREST ON SOLDIERS' DEPOSITS, $6.21; (4) TRAVEL PAY, $9.10; AND (5) FIRST INSTALLMENT OF MUSTERING-OUT PAY, $100. THE RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE CHECK FOR $379.06 WAS NEGOTIATED IN DUE COURSE AND PAID BY THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES.

THE SETTLEMENT OF JULY 25, 1952, WAS CORRECT AND, UPON REVIEW, IS SUSTAINED.