Social Security Administration Death Master File Record Layout (As of April 2014)			
			
NAME	TYPE	LENGTH	DESCRIPTION
SSN	Character	9	Social Security number
LNAME	Character	20	Last name
SUFFIX	Character	4	Name suffix
FNAME	Character	15	First name
MNAME	Character	15	Middle name
VPCODE	Character	1	Verify or Proof code
			V = (VERIFIED) REPORT VERIFIED WITH A FAMILY MEMBER OR SOMEONE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY
			P = (PROOF) DEATH CERTIFICATE OBSERVED
			"(SSA warns, though, that you still need to verify this yourself)"
DEATHMON	Character    	2	Month of death
DEATHDAY	Character    	2	Day of death
DEATHYEAR	Character    	4	Year of death
DEATHDATE	Date	8	NICAR-created field with date of death
BIRTHMON	Character	2	Month of birth
BIRTHDAY	Character	2	Day of birth
BIRTHYEAR	Character	4	Year of birth
DOB	Date	8	NICAR-created field with date of birth
STATE	Character	2	State (up through 2010)
LASTZIP	Character	5	Last residence ZIP Code (up to 11/2011)
LUMPZIP	Character	6	Lump sum payment ZIP Code (up to 11/2011)
flag	character	1	Record excluded from the most recent version if flag = "x"