Please note that a fire at the NPRC in St. Louis on July 12, 1973 destroyed about 80% of the records for Army personnel discharged between November 1, 1912 and January 1, 1960. About 75% of the records for Air Force personnel with surnames from “Hubbard” through “Z” discharged between September 25, 1947 and January 1, 1964 were also destroyed. If you should learn that your records have been lost in the fire, you may send photocopies of any documents that you possess to the NPRC, particulary separation documents. The NPRC will add these documents to the computerized index and file them permanently.
Also to get a copy of your DD214, you need to fill out some paper work and you would need information like his SSN# and other personal information that you don't have so I don't believe you received word of anything. Now maybe you had a dream about it last night. :)