Acceptable Supporting Documents Chart

Active duty service members

Military ID (front and back)

Spouses of active duty members

Military dependent ID card (Form DD1173) (front and back)

Member of the reserves

Military ID and Activity Duty Report (Form DD220); or
Military ID card and current active duty orders

Spouse of reserve members

Military dependent ID card (Form DD1173-1); and
spouse’s DD220 Form or spouse’s active duty orders

Honorably discharged Veterans

Certificate of Release or Discharge from
Active Duty (Form DD214 - Member 4)

Spouses of honorably discharged veterans

Spouse’s DD214 – member 4 and marriage certificate

Honorably discharged veteran of reserves

DD Form 214 Member 4

Surviving spouses of veterans or service members
who died while on active duty as members of the
U.S. Armed Forces or reserve units.

Report of Casualty and Marriage Certificate