Which document is this? DD Form 1077, official title DD Form 1077, Collection Point Register of Deceased Personnel, August 2015. What does it do? It exists to Collection Point Register of Deceased Personnel. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
Who decides this form exists? not stated owns it; not stated directs its use. If someone told you to file this, the authority traces back to those.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
What the form asks for
- Item 1. Date of report (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 2. Page number of this page.
- Total number of pages.
- 3. Collection point name.
- 4. Collection point location, include grid coordinates.
- 5. Organization operating collection point.
- 6. Evacuation number, line 1.
- 7. Information on deceased. a. Name (last, first, middle initial) (or unidentified).
- c. Social security number (or i.d. number).
- d. Organization.
- 8. Search and recovery number.
- 9. Name of person and or unit recovering remains.
- 10. Place of recovery, include grid coordinates.
- 11. Date recovered (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 12. Unit received from.
- 13. Remains evacuated to.
- 6. Evacuation number, line 2.
- 7. a. Name.
- c. Social security number (or i.d. number).
- d. Organization.
- 8. Search and recovery number.
- 9. Name of person and or unit recovering remains.
- 10. Place of recovery, include grid coordinates.
- 11. Date recovered.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 200 entry fields.
Is there a charge? No — free, all formats. Where should you open the file? In a full pdf application on your own machine. Browser-embedded viewers handle field properties unpredictably.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
Who receives it? The office not stated designates, subject to whatever local instruction your organization adds. What do you keep? A copy, made before the form leaves your hands.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
Is any of this advice? No. This page distributes a published Defense form and explains its contents, which is a different thing from telling you whether your circumstances qualify or whether a reviewer will accept your copy. Direct questions of eligibility, applicability and procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1077?
- DD Form 1077, Collection Point Register of Deceased Personnel, August 2015
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?