1. DA Form 1156 Casualty Feeder Card Practical Exercise #2
INSTRUCTOR VERSION
August 2018

2. DA Form 1156 – Practical Exercise #2
11/11/2018
1. This Practical Exercise consists of six unique DA Form 1156 reports.
2. Each group has 30 minutes to review and comment on the suitability of each DA Form 1156 as an initial report.
3. As applicable,
Note what is done well
What could be improved
What is missing
What is incorrect
Be ready to explain why you have made these judgments, and why they matter.
4. Rank the six forms from what you consider to be the best to what you consider as the worst based on your analysis. There is not necessarily a right answer for this question, but you should be prepared to explain your rankings and defend them against other students who may disagree.
The key to this discussion will be to examine what you believe to be important in both the reports and the form itself, and why.
This is the instructor copy of the PE. The student version does not include the sidebar text beside the form on each slide, and does not include the consolidated slide at the end. 2

3. DA Form 1156 – #1
Although the basic required info is “filled out”, we only know the SM is dead because the Casualty Status entry is "deceased." 
The circumstances do not tell us anything about what the type of vehicle, his position in the vehicle, who found and ID’d him, who pronounced him, whether CPR or other life-saving attempts were made, etc.
The form is also not approved by the correct authority. 3

4. DA Form 1156 – #2
Although some info is missing, such as what PPI the Soldier was wearing, it gives enough info that the CNO now has something to relay to the family about what happened to the SM And what emergency actions were taken after the incident and before his death. 4

5. DA Form 1156 – #3
This is a good report with one big exception – the circumstances do not explain what happened that caused the Soldier’s
death.
From the back of the form, we see small arms fire indicated, but where was the Soldier shot, and what actions were performed to aid or provide him care? 5

6. DA Form 1156 – #4
We only know the SM is dead from the casualty status marked “deceased”.
The circumstances provide no useful information. There is no info on the mission, if the SM was in a vehicle, what happened, where he was shot, and what if any life saving measures were taken.
Unfortunately, these types of narratives are too common. 6

7. DA Form 1156 – #5
The circumstances provide a generally good description of what happened and what actions were taken once the Soldier collapsed.
Most of the fields are not be filled out here because of the non-hostile nature of the casualty.
Field grade signature not required due to the casualty type. 7

8. DA Form 1156 – #6
This overall a good report. The content will be useful for the purpose of NOK notification, and for analyzing data for Soldier survivability issues. 8

9. Consolidated Notes
1. Although the basic required info is “filled out”, we only know the SM is dead because the Casualty Status entry is "deceased."  The circumstances do not tell us anything about what the type of vehicle, his position in the vehicle, who found and ID’d him, who pronounced him, whether CPR or other life-saving attempts were made, etc. The form is also not approved by the correct authority.
2. Although some info is missing, such as what PPI the Soldier was wearing, it gives enough info that the CNO now has something to relay to the family about what happened to the SM was and what emergency actions were taken after the incident and before his death.
3. This is a good report with one big exception – the circumstances do not explain what happened that caused the Soldier’s death. From the back of the form, we see small arms fire indicated, but where was the Soldier shot, and what actions were performed to aid or provide him care?
4. We only know the SM is dead from the casualty status marked “deceased”. The circumstances provide no useful information. There is no info on the mission, if the SM was in a vehicle, what happened, where he was shot, and what if any life saving measures were taken. Unfortunately, these types of narratives are too common.
5. The circumstances provide a generally good description of what happened and what actions were taken once the Soldier collapsed. Most of the fields are not be filled out here because of the non-hostile nature of the casualty. Field grade signature not required due to the casualty type.
6. This overall a good report. The content will be useful for the purpose of NOK notification, and for analyzing data for Soldier survivability issues. 9