Which document is this? DD Form 2065, official title DD Form 2065, Disposition of Remains - Reimbursable Basis, October 2003. What does it do? It exists to Disposition of Remains-Reimbursable Basis. 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 is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
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
- 1. To (Recipients and address for authorized distribution).
- 2. Name of Deceased (last, first, middle initial).
- 3. Relationship to sponsor.
- 4. Name of sponsor (Individual, Agency, or Firm).
- 5. Address of sponsor (Street, city, state and zip code).
- 6. Enter grade of sponsor
- 7. Enter social security number of sponsor
- 8. Press space bar to mark X if Option 1. I, the undersigned, desire that disposition of remains be effected as indicated below: a. Preparation of remains at the Government mortuary and return of remains to continental United States port of entry i n a transfer case.
- 8 a. Enter the cost of requested services and supplies. These services and supplies will be provided by the port mortuary. The person signing this form agrees he or she has remimbursed the Government in this amount. It is requested that the remains be shipped to the funeral home stipulated in the next field.
- 8b. Name of funeral home.
- 8c. Address of funeral home, including street, city, State and zip code.
- 9. Mark X if Option 2. a. Preparation of remains at the Government mortuary and return of remains to a continental United States port of entry in a transfer case. The port mortuary officer is requested to release the remains to the following funeral home.
- 9b. Name of funeral home.
- 9c. Address of funeral home, including street, city, State and zip code.
- 10. Mark X if Option 3 - Arrangements other than those described in Options 1 and 2.
- 10. Option 3. Describe other arrangements desired.
- 11. Relative of deceased (or other person) in Continental U S who may be contacted if necessary. a. Name: last name, first name, middle initial.
- 11b. Address: street, city, State, and zip code.
- 11.c. Relationship.
- 11.d. Telephone number, including area code.
- 11e. Date signed.
- 11.f. Signature of Sponsor.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 23 fields to complete.
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.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
What does any of this cost? Nothing. Every format listed is a free download. One practical note: save the file and open it in a desktop pdf reader, because browser previews often ignore interactive fields and lose what you typed.
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.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
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.
What if DD Form 2065 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2065?
- DD Form 2065, Disposition of Remains - Reimbursable Basis, 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?