Milam County Clerk: A Certified or Photocopy of a Recorded Military Record

The office. Milam County Clerk, Cameron; 254-697-7049. The Clerk's page lists "Military Discharge Records" among the records the office files and keeps. The application. The Clerk's "DD Form 214 Application" ("Application for Certified Copy or Photocopy of Military Record") asks for the type of copy, the veteran's name and birth date, and the applicant's relationship: self, immediate family, or an authorized agent (power of attorney, funeral director, attorney or other); or the record is more than 75 years old, ordered by a court, or "required by federal or state government or political subdivision (VA director, etc.)." It asks the reason and requires the name and address of the person receiving the copy. It names no fee. The law behind it. Local Government Code 192.002 makes the filing free, Government Code 603.003 makes the certified copy free, and Government Code 552.140 keeps the record confidential for 75 years, releasing it only to the veteran and the relatives, representatives and agencies it lists (see the Texas entry).