So what is DD Form 1375? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 1375, Request for Payment of Funeral and/or Interment Expenses, October 2003, used to Request for Payment of Funeral and/or Interment Expenses. Anything else you need follows from that.
Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.
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.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- 1. Military Activity preparing this form. a. Name.
- 1.b. Address. Street, City, State and ZIP Code.
- 2. Military activity form is to be mailed to for payment. a. Name.
- 2.b. Address. Street, City, State and ZIP Code.
- 3. Name of Decedent. Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial.
- 4. Pay Grade and/or Rank.
- 5. Service Number and/or Social Security Number.
- 6. Place of death. City, State, Country.
- 7. Date of Death. 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 8. Name of Claimant. Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial.
- 9. Relationship.
- 10. Funeral Home and/or National Cemetery. a. Name.
- 10.b. Address. Street, City, State and ZIP Code.
- 11. If Yes, enter name of contracting activity.
- 12. Cemetery, Mausoleum or other Disposition. a. Name.
- 12.b. Address. Street, City, State and ZIP Code.
- 14. Interment Costs. Amount claimed.
- 15. Funeral arrangement costs. Amount claimed.
- 16. Shipping cost of remains. Amount claimed.
- 17. Shipment of remains. a. Shipped from (City and State).
- 17.b. Shipped To. City and State.
- 18.a. Name of Payee (print or type).
- 18.b. Taxpayer ID number or SSN.
- 18.c. Address of Payee. Street, City, State and ZIP Code.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 31 entry fields.
What is the difference between fillable and printable? A fillable pdf has real field boxes that accept typed text and hold it inside the file. A printable pdf is a flat blank with no fields at all, intended for a printer and a pen. Which one you have determines how you complete the form, so it is worth checking first.
Does typing matter? It does. Your completed form will probably be scanned, forwarded and filed, and typed text comes through each of those steps unchanged while handwriting degrades. If pen is your only option, block capitals give the receiving clerk a fighting chance.
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.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
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.
Can you assume a matching number is the same form? No, and this is where downloads go wrong. Read the prefix. Army numbering and Department numbering are independent systems, so the digits alone tell you nothing about which document you need.
Should you archive this file and reuse it next year? Better not. Forms are revised as directives are reissued, as data requirements shift and as statutory notice text is updated, and none of that reaches you directly. Download fresh, check the edition date.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1375?
- DD Form 1375, Request for Payment of Funeral and/or Interment Expenses, October 2003
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?