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Your DD214 Is Probably Held in Cheyenne

The state military department holds the discharge document of every veteran who listed this state as their home of record at separation, and the records of Guard veterans and retirees. That makes a lost DD214 a local phone call rather than a federal request that can take months.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

The state military department holds the discharge document of every veteran who listed this state as their home of record at separation, and the records of Guard veterans and retirees. That makes a lost DD214 a local phone call rather than a federal request that can take months.

What it's worth: A copy of your DD214 from the state records office where this state was your home of record at separation; Guard and retiree records also held

  • The department states it holds DD214s for all veterans who listed this state as home of record at the time of separation, and records for Army and Air Guard veterans and retirees.
  • The request is made on Standard Form 180, available from the department.
  • The department publishes no fee for the service on the pages read.

Who is entitled to it

  • You have a discharge document the office may hold.
  • You are in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Try the state office before the federal archives. A federal request can take weeks or months; the state office holds the same document for anyone who listed this state as their home of record.
  2. 2Send Standard Form 180 rather than a letter. The office asks for that form specifically, and a free-text request goes to the back of the queue while somebody chases the missing fields.
  3. 3If you served in the Guard here, say so. Guard and retiree records are a separate holding from the home-of-record DD214s, and naming the right one saves a round trip.
  4. 4Ask for more than one certified copy while you are asking. Different offices keep the copy you hand them, and a second request months later is another wait.
  5. 5Ignore commercial services offering to expedite this. They have no faster access than you do, and this office is free on the pages published.
  6. 6Once you have it, record it with your county so a future copy is a same-day counter transaction.
Form
Standard Form 180 — request pertaining to military records
File with
The state military department records office, Cheyenne
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingAlmost every state benefit in this corpus begins with a discharge document. A veteran who cannot lay hands on theirs is locked out of the property tax exemption, the licence fee treatment and the cemetery at once, so this record sits upstream of most of the others.
CorrectionHome of record at separation is not the same as where you live now, and it is not where you enlisted. The office holds documents on the home-of-record test, so a lifelong resident who separated while stationed elsewhere may still find their file here.
Known gapThe department publishes no fee, no turnaround time and no rule on who other than the veteran may request a copy. Ask when you call — next-of-kin access is the question most families need answered.

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