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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2062. Full title: DD Form 2062, Record of Preparation and Disposition of Remains (Outside Continental U.S.), April 1984. Function: Record of Preparation and Disposition of Remains (Outside CONUS). Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 138 fillable fields.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
What the form asks for
- Report number.
- Report control symbol.
- 1. Thru: (Recipients and Address Authorized Distribution).
- 2. To (Recipients and address authorized distribution).
- 3. From.
- Decedent data. 4. Remains of (last name, first, middle initial).
- 5. Grade/rank.
- 6. Social security number.
- 7. Branch of service. Press space bar to mark X in first box if Army, second box if Navy, third box if Air Force, fourth box if Marine Corps, or fifth box if other.
- 8. Cause of death.
- 9. Place of death.
- 7. Specify other branch of service.
- 10. Date of death (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 11. Means of identification (complete and attach appropriate documentation).
- Mortuary data. 12. Remains received at mortuary. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Hour.
- 13. Embalming started. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Hour.
- 14. Embalming completed. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Hour.
- 15. Explain any delay in recovery, autopsy, preparation, inspection or shipment of remains.
- 16. Type of case. X first box if not autopsied, second box if autopsied.
- X if mutilated.
- X first box if viewable, second box if non-viewable, third box if viewing questionable.
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Signature is manual ink on printed copies and digital where the receiving system accepts it. A typed name in a signature field is a name, not a signature. Common Access Card credentials support digital signature in pdf where the form and the reader permit.
Privacy Act notice: DD forms that collect personal data carry a Privacy Act Statement stating the authority for collection, the principal purpose, routine uses and whether disclosure is voluntary or mandatory. The statement is part of the form and should be read before entry, not after.
Errors seen most often involve edition mismatch, empty mandatory fields, illegibility after scanning, date formats inconsistent with the printed instruction, and unsigned or undated certification.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2062?
- DD Form 2062, Record of Preparation and Disposition of Remains (Outside Continental U.S.), April 1984
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?