DA 3161: Request for Issue or Turn-In
The DEC 2023 issue or turn-in request: request and voucher numbers, send to and request from, DODAAC, priority, end item, item lines with codes and costs, and the issue and receipt signatures.
Every block on the DA Form 3161
Laid out block for block like the official REQUEST FOR ISSUE OR TURN-IN (DEC 2023 edition), with the instruction for each block. Name, rank, and unit prefill from your service profile.
Form details
- Issue / Turn-In
- 1Request No.
- 2Voucher No.
- 3Send To
- 4Date Material Required (YYYYMMDD)
- 5DODAAC
- 6Priority
The Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System designator (for example 02 or 12).
- 7Accounting/Funding Data
- 8Request From
- 9aEnd Item Ident: Name/Manufacturer
- 9bModel
- 9cSerial No.
- 10Publication
- 11Job Order No.
- 12Items
*CODE: I = Initial, R = Replacement, FWT = Fair Wear And Tear, RS = Report of Survey (now financial liability investigation), EX = Excess, SC = Stmt of Charges, LT = Lateral Transfer. Supply action, prices, and posting are completed by supply.
- Grand Total
- 13Issue/Turn-In "Quantity" Column Is Requested: By
- Date (YYYYMMDD)
- 14Issue Qty in "Supply Action" Column: By
- Date (YYYYMMDD)
- 15Rec Qty in "Supply Action" Column: By
- Date (YYYYMMDD)
How to fill out the DA Form 3161
Requests the issue of supplies or documents the turn-in of property, including lateral transfers, excess, and items replaced after fair wear and tear or a loss. When: Issuing expendables or durables from a supply room, turning in excess or unserviceable items, laterally transferring property between hand receipt holders, and replacing items with a statement of charges or financial liability investigation.
Step by step
- Mark Issue or Turn-in, then fill blocks 1–7: request and voucher numbers (from the supply document register), send to, the date material is required, your DODAAC, priority, and funding data.
- Block 8 is the requesting unit; block 9 identifies the end item (manufacturer, model, serial) when the parts are for one.
- List each item with its stock number, description, unit of issue, quantity, and the code that explains why (I, R, FWT, RS, EX, SC, LT).
- Supply fills the supply action, unit price, total cost, and posting data.
- Sign block 13 as the requester; the issuer signs block 14 and the receiver block 15.
What a strong one looks like
- Get the document number from your supply sergeant before you start so the form matches the register.
- Match unit of issue exactly (EA, PR, BX, KT); a mismatch is the most common rejection.
- For turn-ins, bring the items clean and serviceable-tagged as the SSA requires.
Common mistakes
- Missing the code in column f, which leaves no audit trail for why an item was replaced.
- Signing block 15 before counting what you received.
- Using a DA 3161 to transfer property between hand receipt holders without updating the hand receipts in GCSS-Army.