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Department of Defense form 2656-7. Official designation: DD Form 2656-7, Verification for Survivor Annuity, April 2009. Purpose: Verification for Survivor Annuity. Current edition 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.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 50 entry fields.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
What the form asks for
- 1.c. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 1.d. Date of death (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 1.e. Branch of service.
- 1.f. Rank/rate.
- 2. Claimant verification. a. Claimant's name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2.b. Claimant's social security number.
- 2.c. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 2.d. Telephone (include area code).
- 2.e. Citizen of (country).
- 2.f. If you are a nonresident alien, press space bar to mark X in this box and see note.
- 2.g. Type of benefit claimed. Mark X in first box if SBP, second box if RCSBP or third box if RSFPP.
- 2.h. Relationship to decedent. X first box if spouse, second box if child, third box if former spouse, or fourth box if insurable interest.
- 2.i. Correspondence address (street, apartment number, city, state, and zip code).
- 3. This section applies to spouse applicants only. .a. I certify that I was legally married to the member on the date of death: X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 3.a.(1) If yes, please verify date of marriage to member. If blank or incorrect, please provide correct marriage date.
- 3.a.(2) If No, please provide the date of divorce (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3.b. Are there children under age 23 or incapacitated of the deceased member? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 3.b.(1) If yes: name of first child (last, first, middle initial).
- 3.b.(2) Social security number.
- 3.b.(3) Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3.b.(1) Name of second child.
- 3.b.(2) Social security number.
- 3.b.(3) Date of birth.
- 3.b.(1) Name of third child.
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.
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.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2656-7 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.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2656-7?
- DD Form 2656-7, Verification for Survivor Annuity, April 2009
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?