The Pike County Clerk of Courts, maintains, and provides certified copies of military separation documents known as a DD-214 for service members at no cost. The DD-214 contains information normally needed to verify military service for benefits, retirement, employment, and membership in veterans’ organizations.
- Recording your DD214 will give you an additional location to obtain a copy if the original is misplaced or destroyed.
- This is your evidence of active military service and it is often required as proof for different types of benefits.
- All Veterans from 1950 to present time have a DD214 issued
- Those who served during WWII do not possess a DD214, their document is known as a Discharge/Separation paper issued between 1941 – 1946 War Department Document No 55-53
- You will always have access to a FREE certified true copy of your DD-214.
- Your survivors will know where to obtain access to a FREE certified copy to leverage benefits at the time of a veteran’s death
- If you have misplaced these documents and/or they were never recorded at your local courthouse certified copies can be obtained by contacting the National Archives and Records Administration
- The records are confidential and can only be viewed by the Veteran or next of kin with proper identification. The code section is OCGA 15-6-72 to view who can view these records
- DD214 should be recorded in the county which Veterans reside