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Applications for Pennsylvania’s Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans’ Bonus Available April 4
HARRISBURG, Pa.,
April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Applications
for the Persian Gulf
Conflict Veterans Benefit Program will be
available beginning April 4, the Pennsylvania Department
of Military and Veterans Affairs said today.
Pennsylvanias Persian
Gulf Veterans now will be properly compensated
for their service and sacrifice, just as service
members who fought in WW I, WW II, the Korean
War and the Vietnam
War were compensated, said Major General
Jessica L. Wright, the states adjutant general.
We have worked long and hard to implement a process
that will potentially handle 30,000-plus applications
for the Persian Gulf Veterans Bonus and we are
eager to put the first of many checks in the
mail.
Act 29 of 2006 allows for compensation to be paid
to eligible Pennsylvania
Veterans, as well as certain surviving relatives
of deceased Veterans. In each case, the service
member must have:
-- Served with the U.S. Armed Forces, a reserve
component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the Pennsylvania
National Guard.
-- Served on active duty in the Persian
Gulf theater of operations during the
period from Aug. 2, 1990, until Aug. 31, 1991,
and received the Southwest
Asia Service Medal.
-- Been a legal resident of Pennsylvania at
the time of active service.
An eligible veteran or eligible beneficiary may
receive a one-time benefit of $75 per month for
each month of active service, up to $525, for which
the veteran was eligible to receive the Southwest
Asia Service Medal.
Survivors of those Veterans who lost their lives
or died as a result of service-connected wounds,
diseases or injuries received during the active
period of service in the conflict and prisoners
of war, may be eligible for payment of $5,000 in
addition to benefits calculated based on months
of active service.
Individuals who received a bonus or similar compensation
from any other state are not eligible for the Pennsylvania
program. The deadline for applying for benefits
under this program is Aug. 31, 2015.
For detailed instructions on how to apply, visit http://www.persiangulfbonus.state.pa.us.
CONTACT: Joan
Z. Nissley 717-861-8720
Eligible Veterans have until August 2015 to Apply
SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Military and
Veterans Affairs
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