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DD Form 2131 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2131, Passenger Manifest, September 2005. Stated purpose: Passenger Manifest. 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.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 200 entry fields.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
All formats download free of charge. Pdf files open in any modern reader; interactive fields behave most predictably in a desktop application, less so in browser viewers.
What the form asks for
- 1. Mission number/call sign.
- 2. Aircraft type (tail number)/vehicle/vessel.
- 3. Port/point of entry.
- 4. Point/port of departure.
- 5. Departure date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6. Time (zulu).
- Passenger information. Line 1. 7.a. Passenger name (last, first, middle).
- b. Rank.
- d. Status.
- e. U.L.N.
- f. Line number.
- g. Service.
- h. Checked baggage. Number of pieces.
- 7.h. Checked baggage weight.
- 7.i. Carry-on weight.
- 7.j. Passenger weight.
- 7.k. Emergency contact name (last, first, middle).
- 7.l. Emergency contact telephone number (include area code).
- Line 2. 7.a. Passenger name (last, first, middle).
- b. Rank.
- d. Status.
- e. U.L.N.
- f. Line number.
- g. Service.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2131 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
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 2131?
- DD Form 2131, Passenger Manifest, September 2005
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?