Yes! Simply order it! You might consider your DD256 as your Diploma, the item that you frame and hang on your wall, and your DD214 as your transcript – the document that indicates in greater detail what you’ve achieved in your military career. The DD256s (the wall certificates) are no longer re-issued by the military. However, if you never received your Discharge Certificate, it may be located within your 201 file. Originally your Discharge Certificate was mailed to you at your Home of Record. If the Post Office returned it, then the military may retire it, placing it with your personnel file. If you place an order for a DD214, or a copy of your complete file, we will also automatically send you your original Discharge Certificate, if it is within your file. Unlike a DD214, the DD256 has no legal authority. Touchstone, however, will generate a new VERIFIABLE DD256 for you from the information contained within your DD214 including Rank, Grade, Discharge Date, and the name of the officer who signed your DD214. Simply add it to your DD214 order.