What is the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship?
Public Law 111-32, the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, amends the Post-9/11 GI Bill (chapter 33) to include the children of service members who die in the line of duty after September 10, 2001. The benefit is retroactively effective to August 1, 2009; the same day the Post-9/11 GI Bill took effect. Eligible children attending school may receive up to the highest public, in-state, undergraduate tuition and fees, plus a monthly living allowance and books and supplies stipend under this program. Who is eligible? Children of an active duty member of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty after September 10, 2001, are eligible for this benefit. A child may be married or over 23 and still be eligible. Eligible children: • are entitled to 36 months of benefits at the 100% level • have 15 years to use the benefit beginning on his or her 18 birthday • may use the benefit until his or her 33 birthday • cannot use benefit before age 18, even if he or she has completed h
