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DD Form 603-1 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 603-1, War Souvenir Registration/Authorization, May 2007. Stated purpose: War Souvenir Registration/Authorization. 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 34 fillable fields.
Xfdl is present in the set. The format belongs to IBM Lotus Forms — long the Defense standard for electronic forms — and needs the matching viewer; pdf applications will report the file as unreadable.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 1. Theater and inclusive period of service in overseas command.
- 2. Name of owner (last, first, middle initial).
- 3. Social Security Number. Do not include dashes.
- 4. Grade/Rank.
- 5. Unit/Organization.
- 6. Permanent home address (include zip code).
- 7. War souvenir(s). a. (1) First item description.
- b. How acquired.
- 7.a.(2) Second item description.
- b. How acquired.
- 7. a. (3) Third item description.
- b. How acquired.
- 7.a.(4) Fourth item description.
- b. How acquired.
- 7.a.(5) Fifth item description.
- b. How acquired.
- 7.a.(6) Sixth item description.
- b. How acquired.
- 7.a.(7) Seventh item description.
- b. How acquired.
- 7.a.(8) Eighth item description.
- b. How acquired.
- 7.a.(9) Ninth item description.
- b. How acquired.
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.
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 Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field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.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 603-1 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
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 603-1?
- DD Form 603-1, War Souvenir Registration/Authorization, May 2007
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?