You have arrived looking for DD Form 603-1. Before you download, confirm this is the right document: War Souvenir Registration/Authorization. Full title: DD Form 603-1, War Souvenir Registration/Authorization, May 2007.
Then look at the edition date: not stated, publisher status not stated. After that, ask whether the form covers your situation. It almost certainly does regardless of your branch — DD forms run Department-wide rather than through a single service.
After that, turn to timing. The requirement comes from not stated; the form is maintained by not stated. Local implementing instructions fill in the dates, so check with the office that will receive your copy.
Last in this stage, choose your method: complete it on screen, or print the blank form and fill it out in pen. The sections below take each route step by step.
Begin at the top and move down. Enter your identifying data first, then the body of the form, then the signature block. The sequence is printed in that order because entries below frequently follow from entries above.
Check the edition before you type a word. The date appears on the face of the form; it should read not stated. When it does not, discard the file and take a fresh copy from this page. Department-level revisions replace the blank across all services simultaneously, which means an old printout can be out of step everywhere.
If a particular field puzzles you, read the instructions printed on the form first, then go to not stated. When the two disagree, follow the directive.
Download the form
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 1 pages, with approximately 34 fields to complete.
Check your software before choosing xfdl. That format belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long used for Defense form distribution, and it needs the matching viewer. Get the viewer installed, then come back for the file.
Whichever you pick, you pay nothing — every format here is a free download. One last tip: open your pdf in a desktop reader rather than in a browser tab, because browser viewers sometimes drop the interactive fields you need.
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.
With the form finished, route it to the office named in not stated or in your organization's own instruction. Keep a copy first. People rarely regret having one and frequently regret not having one.
When DD Form 603-1 references another form, search on the series and number. Because DD numbers are common to every military department, the number by itself identifies exactly one document.
Be careful when a procedure pairs this form with a service form. Read the prefix, not just the digits. Service forms answer to a service proponent, while DD forms answer to not stated or an equivalent Department office, and the two sequences were never aligned. Grabbing the wrong prefix gets you a form that has nothing to do with your task.
Plan to repeat this step whenever the form comes up again. Revisions follow directive changes, changes in what data is collected, and updates to notice language. Since nobody notifies you, check not stated at download and you have covered it.
One thing this page does not do: tell you whether your submission will be accepted. We publish the document and explain how to complete it, and that is where our role ends. Nothing here is legal advice. Take questions about eligibility, applicability or procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named 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?