Marine Gunnery Sergeant John D. Fry Scholarship

The Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship) currently pays a benefit equal to the Post-9/11 GI Bill® (Chapter 33) that makes education benefits available to the surviving spouses and children of service members who die in the line of duty after September 10, 2001. Beneficiaries attending school may receive up to their full tuition and fees for a public school plus a monthly living stipend and book allowance under this program. Currently the benefit is available to the children of service members who died in the line of duty after September 10, 2001. Effective January 1, 2015 this benefit is extended to surviving spouses of military personnel who died in the line of duty after September 20, 2001.

Eligibility Requirements:

Children:

  • Eligibility begins on their 18th birthday or the date they begin attending an authorized program
  • They may use the benefit until their 33rd birthday

Surviving Spouses:

  • A spouse has 15 years from the date of the Service Member’s death to utilize benefit
  • Benefit will terminate upon remarriage

Award:

  • Entitled to 36 months of benefits at the 100% level
  • 15 years to use the benefit
  • Not eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Program

Additional information can be obtained here.