Maybe. I had a couple awards that aren't on my DD214. I didn't care to have it corrected. My father's records were lost in the big fire and all they provided was verification of service. I managed to find a copy of his discharge after his death that had his WWII victory and occupation medals listed.

It should.  Does it?  It depends.  For Army enlisted in the WW2 era, the discharge paper is the WD AGO 53-55.

Not all of my awards are listed on my DD214. I received an Army Commendation medal when I got out and the base commander didn't sign the paperwork until a day after I was released. I have the official paperwork/orders for the medal so it's not that important to me that its on my DD214.

All of your awards and training are on your page 13. DD214 generally aren't accumulative and tend to cover your last enlistment. I only see the stuff from my last 6 year enlistment on my DD214. I was in the Navy and can't speak to what he other branches do or even if this varies from command to command.



ETA: Let me add the caveat that all of it should be on your page 13. It may not be depending on how diligent personnel was.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.  There is one not listed on mine.  But with that on the list and $3 (includes tip) I can buy a coffee at Starbucks.

If you're interested, the admin shop that discharged you can add your award on a DD-215.  Should be easy to send them the paperwork.  Not a heavy lift, but as you mentioned, it may not be worth your time.  In any case, that's cool that you got the award.  

They didn't even spell my name right on mine.

If you are missing medals or other items on your DD-214, you can apply here:

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

http://www.archives.gov/

You can also request a copy of a family members DD214.

If requesting that an award be added to your file, you should either have a copy of the orders or a copy of your 2-1 showing the award.

I have had to use it several times to get my records updated and current.  I figure that if my grandchildren or someone else views my records some day
I want them to have everything in there.

Good luck with that... I did it and got two awards that I was missing on my DD214...  I was still missing one other, so I tried again... Now they  Can't  find my records!  

According to my DD214, I have a Korean Service Medal (last given in 1950something). I don't, it should read Kosovo Service Medal (I'm not even 40 years old). Some clerk fat fingered my records, and I just wanted out, so I didn't point it our. There are also awards that I'm authorized that were retroactive after I got out that aren't on there.

My point? DD214s are good for verification of service, but a lot are wrong and many of us just don't care enought to fix them.

I just hope some reporter doesn't do an archive search and look me up as the last surviving solder from the Korean War. That might be embarassing.

This....plus I knew mine was missing various ones prior to my separation.  It wasn't a big issue to me at the time though.

I did not have any problems with my DD214.  All my awards and qualification were listed correctly - but I also went over it with the separations clerk when it was completed and before it was submitted.  I received a MSM on my retirement date, but did not receive it until after I had completed my terminal leave and already had my DD214.  I was unaware it had been submitted since I declined a retirement ceremony in order to return home sooner.

When the award arrived in the mail (I officially retired from 3rd Mar Div on Okinawa but was already back in Texas on my retirement date on terminal leave) it came with the award citation, the medal and a DD215 noting the new award as well as listing a couple of other additional awards for ones I already had (additional gold or bronze stars for the awards)

I requested another set of medals a couple of years later after a fire damaged or destroyed my original shadow box and all medals including the MSM was sent to me.

So everything was fine.  It pays to review your DD214 before they submit it if you are able.

yea I got some after I got out too.
Never had it corrected but have all the paperwork

WTF?  They give you a working copy to review prior to the signed one being printed.  Wrong name spelling...this one is on you bro.

Nope...I got a medal or two mailed to me after I was retired and received my 214. To lazy to figure out how to update it.
They left off a school or two but I didn't really care about updating it during the check prior to leaving.

In theory, it should. In practice, not always. I retired in 2010, and I had a nice lady go through everything with me for about an hour. My DD214 is 2 pages long. After my final copy was made, I got bored one day and started looking at it. There were a few things missing, but nothing major, like a missing purple heart or CIB or anything like that- at least not to me. Like I think I was missing a AAM, and some stupid school. I guess it stands to reason that the more shit is in the equation, the more likely something slips by. I have no idea how careful the clerks were in WW2.