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The Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD Form 214, is one of the most important documents the Service will ever give you. It is your key to participation in all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs as well as several state and federal programs. Other programs that require DD Form 214's include:
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- Vocational services |
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| - Education and training |
- Insurance services |
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| - Home loans |
- Burial at VA cemeteries |
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Loan guaranty services |
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There is never a fee for recording a military discharge.
In Ohio, the DD Form 214 can be registered or recorded at your County
Recorder's Office just like a deed or other significant document.
Immediately after you separate, register your DD Form 214 with your
County Recorder. If you register your documents, they can later be
retrieved quickly and conveniently at this office at no fee to you.
The first Military Discharge recorded at the Hamilton County Recorder's
Office belonged to Private William Dott of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry
who was discharged October 28, 1862. Since that time, your Recorder
has been safeguarding these important documents and making them available
to American Veterans from every war.
For information on replacing a lost Military Discharge (DD Form 214),
please click here.
To search for a recorded Military Discharge, please
click here.
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