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DD Form 515 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 515, Roster of Prisoners, March 2013. Stated purpose: Roster of Prisoners. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 200 fillable 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. Month and year.
- 2. Correctional facility name.
- Line number, line 1.
- Last name - first name - middle initial.
- Enter either Army, Navy, U S A F, or U S M C.
- Sentence: Term of confinement.
- Type of discharge.
- Minimum release date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day)
- Remarks (date released, transferred, etc., and authority).
- Line number, line 2.
- Last name - first name - middle initial.
- Enter either Army, Navy, U S A F, or U S M C.
- Sentence: Term of confinement.
- Type of discharge.
- Minimum release date.
- Remarks.
- Line number, line 3.
- Last name - first name - middle initial.
- Enter either Army, Navy, U S A F, or U S M C.
- Sentence: Term of confinement.
- Type of discharge.
- Minimum release date.
- Remarks.
- Line number, line 4.
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 Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field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.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
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.
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.
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 515?
- DD Form 515, Roster of Prisoners, March 2013
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?