10 U.S.C. § 1551
Correction of name after separation from service under an assumed name
The Secretary of the military department concerned shall issue a certificate of discharge or an order of acceptance of resignation in the true name of any person who was separated from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force honorably or under honorable conditions after serving under an assumed name during a war with another nation or people, upon application by, or on behalf of, that person, and upon proof of his identity. However, a certificate or order may not be issued under this section if the name was assumed to conceal a crime or to avoid its consequences.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1983–2008 · leading case: Dehne v. United States, 23 Cl. Ct. 606 (Ct. Cl. 1991).
Dehne v. United States, 23 Cl. Ct. 606 (Ct. Cl. 1991). “Once a correction board makes *616 record corrections pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1551 , it cannot refuse to grant monetary relief which flows as a natural consequence of its corrective action.”
Lockwood v. United States, 90 Fed. Cl. 210 (Fed. Cl. 2008). “§ 1201 (2000), and 10 U.S.C. § 1551 (2000), et seq., 5 U.S.C.”
Kalista v. Sec'y of the Navy, 560 F. Supp. 608 (D. Colo. 1983). “Plaintiff incorrectly cited this section in his complaint as 10 U.S.C. § 1551 . 5 . Sitting by designation.”
Daugherty v. United States, 212 F. Supp. 2d 1279 (N.D. Okla. 2002). “See 10 U.S.C. §§ 1551 to 1554; and 32 C.F.R. §§ 723.”
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