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DA Form 4078 exists to property control and depreciation record — that is the short version. Title of record: PROPERTY CONTROL AND DEPRECIATION RECORD. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition June 1973, status not stated, 1 page(s), near 200 fields.
Two references decide everything about your use of it: ASA(FM&C) maintains the content, AR 215-5 sets the trigger and the routing. Consult the directive when your case is not routine; otherwise the printed blocks tell you enough. The person named in the entries fills it, or the administrative office holding the file does it for them.
The formats are PDF, and the choice comes down to keyboard or pen. Fillable pdf for typing — live fields, tab order, saved entries. Printable pdf for handwriting — same page, no interactive objects, print it blank. Content is identical; only entry method differs.
Save the download and open it in a dedicated reader. That single step prevents the common failure: an in-browser viewer accepts your typing and discards it at tab close. Confirm with one field and one save cycle before committing the whole form.
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What the form asks for
- COST_A
- COST_A_1
- COST_A_2
- COST_A_3
- COST_A_4
- COST_B
- COST_B_1
- COST_B_2
- COST_B_3
- COST_B_4
- COST_C
- COST_C_1
- COST_C_2
- COST_C_3
- COST_C_4
- COST_D
- COST_D_1
- COST_D_2
- COST_D_3
- COST_D_4
- COST_E
- COST_E_1
- COST_E_2
- COST_E_3
Start at the top and get the header exactly right. Official spelling of the name, identification number, unit, date. Everything downstream finds the record through those entries; nothing else on the page has that consequence.
Tabbing beats clicking for coverage. The order was set at build time and tracks the page layout, so following it leaves no gaps. Boxes and buttons are clicked; where options are exclusive, one selection cancels another by design. Watch field width on long entries: one-line fields have no wrap, and what runs past the edge disappears in print though the screen still shows it. Move that text to remarks or a continuation. Never leave an inapplicable field empty — enter the nil mark, because a reviewer cannot distinguish a skipped question from a considered answer.
Signature comes after every other entry — ink or an approved electronic means, and without it the document is a draft. Where reviewing, approving or witnessing signatures are called for, take them in printed block order, each dated on the day applied. Before release, one pass from the top. The defects worth hunting are always the same four: mandatory fields left empty, identification digits transposed, dates with day and month reversed, and stale data surviving in a copy reused in place of a blank form.
The Privacy Act statement is read before the personal entries, not after. It gives the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses and whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary. Once filled, your copy is a personal record and gets stored and transmitted accordingly.
The prescribing directive names the destination; office custom does not. Depending on the case that means a specific office, the unit administrative channel, or the personal record. Keep a copy first, because the original does not come back. Retention runs on the applicable records schedule.
Related forms are found by series and number. DA series documents under the same proponent or the same prescribing directive are commonly required as a set, and any form named on the face of this one goes forward with it. Assemble continuations, covers and transmittals before submitting, not after the query comes back.
Edition date is the version number, printed on the page. Hold a locally saved copy against the current edition before reuse, since nothing on your machine signals a revision. Work already executed under a superseded edition remains as filed.
The files are copies of published Department of the Army forms. This site has no official connection, no authority to issue anything, and no basis for saying whether an office will accept a given submission. None of the text is legal advice. Real questions — entry, requirement, eligibility — belong with ASA(FM&C) or the administrative office servicing your unit.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 4078?
- PROPERTY CONTROL AND DEPRECIATION RECORD
- Which edition is current?
- June 1973
- Who is responsible for this form?
- ASA(FM&C)
- In which formats can it be downloaded?