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DD Form 2065 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2065, Disposition of Remains - Reimbursable Basis, October 2003. Stated purpose: Disposition of Remains-Reimbursable Basis. Edition date not stated; 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.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 1 pages and contains approximately 23 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.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- 1. To (Recipients and address for authorized distribution).
- 2. Name of Deceased (last, first, middle initial).
- 3. Relationship to sponsor.
- 4. Name of sponsor (Individual, Agency, or Firm).
- 5. Address of sponsor (Street, city, state and zip code).
- 6. Enter grade of sponsor
- 7. Enter social security number of sponsor
- 8. Press space bar to mark X if Option 1. I, the undersigned, desire that disposition of remains be effected as indicated below: a. Preparation of remains at the Government mortuary and return of remains to continental United States port of entry i n a transfer case.
- 8 a. Enter the cost of requested services and supplies. These services and supplies will be provided by the port mortuary. The person signing this form agrees he or she has remimbursed the Government in this amount. It is requested that the remains be shipped to the funeral home stipulated in the next field.
- 8b. Name of funeral home.
- 8c. Address of funeral home, including street, city, State and zip code.
- 9. Mark X if Option 2. a. Preparation of remains at the Government mortuary and return of remains to a continental United States port of entry in a transfer case. The port mortuary officer is requested to release the remains to the following funeral home.
- 9b. Name of funeral home.
- 9c. Address of funeral home, including street, city, State and zip code.
- 10. Mark X if Option 3 - Arrangements other than those described in Options 1 and 2.
- 10. Option 3. Describe other arrangements desired.
- 11. Relative of deceased (or other person) in Continental U S who may be contacted if necessary. a. Name: last name, first name, middle initial.
- 11b. Address: street, city, State, and zip code.
- 11.c. Relationship.
- 11.d. Telephone number, including area code.
- 11e. Date signed.
- 11.f. Signature of Sponsor.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
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.
Where personal information is collected, a Privacy Act Statement appears on or with the form. It names the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses of the data and the consequence of withholding it. Reading it precedes filling the form.
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.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
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.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
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.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2065?
- DD Form 2065, Disposition of Remains - Reimbursable Basis, October 2003
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?