After scanning for hours through the Destiny of an Emperor Romhacking Guide @
http://doaerhguide.wikidot.com/I was able to decipher what went wrong with the closing officer portraits code. Now closing officer portraits are different then opening portraits!
Bug # 43218 = Fixed!

Next on the bug list is figuring out why the duel/life/raise code is failing @ 7BACO I found some differences in the code
New Code:
98A44DC01D900AC98090034CCBB94CD8B9C980B0034CCBB94C7EB900000000000000004CB0BA2082C44C5083
Old Code:
98A44DC01DF004C01ED00AC98090034CCBB94CD8B9C980B0034CCBB94C7EB9000000004CB0BA2082C44C5083