The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1544)
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§ 1544. State pay for military service
(a) Each enlisted individual in the U.S. Armed Forces subsequent to August 5, 1964 and
not later than March 31, 1973 who resided in the State of Vermont at the time of the
individual’s enlistment or induction into the U.S. Armed Forces shall be entitled
to receive from the State, in addition to the pay received from the federal government,
the sum of $10.00 for each month not exceeding a total of 12 months served in such
forces. Payment may be made upon honorable discharge from service, or upon death in
service, or upon honorable separation from active federal service, and in the case
of the death of the enlisted individual after discharge and prior to the receipt of
payment, it shall be paid to the individual’s spouse or, if there is no spouse living,
to the next of kin who are lineal heirs.
(b) In case any enlisted individual dies while in service, the individual’s spouse or,
if there is no spouse living, the next of kin who are lineal heirs shall be entitled
to receive from the State the sum of $120.00, except that if any claim is made under
this section by a claimant other than a spouse or issue of the deceased, the claim
shall not be paid for a period of nine months after the decease of the enlisted individual,
and payment made by the State after the nine-month period shall be in and constitute
full compliance with this section.
(c) No person shall receive compensation from the State of Vermont under this section
if the individual enlisted with the U.S. Armed Forces for a period of six months or
less for the sole purpose of training.
(d) No person shall receive compensation from the State of Vermont for any service performed
subsequent to the end of the Vietnam era as set forth in 38 U.S.C. § 101, May 7, 1975. (Added 1969, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 24, 1970; amended 1973, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Feb. 22, 1974; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 378, eff. July 1, 2022.)