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New Hampshire State Benefits

War Bonuses

World War II bonus program expired July 1958. Korean Conflict bonus program expired December 1960.    

       

Bonus of $100 for those with active service of 90 days or more between August 5, 1964, and August 15, 1973, or those who served in Vietnam between July 1, 1958, and August 5, 1964, and earned the Vietnam Service Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal. Must have been a bona fide resident of New Hampshire at the time of enlistment and have received an honorable discharge. Claims made after August 22, 1977, must be approved by the Adjutant General and the Governor and Executive Council.    

      

Persian Gulf War Bonus of $100. Each person who actively served as a member of the armed forces of the United States between August 2, 1990, and November 30, 1995, and who earned the Southwest Asia Service Medal, and who was discharged, released or has a certificate of service there from, under honorable conditions, and who at the time of entry on such service, and at the time of such service was a bona fide resident of this state shall be entitled to a $100 bonus. However, no individual who has received a Persian Gulf War Bonus payment from another state shall be qualified to receive the NH bonus. Program expires August 31, 2002, but there are provisions that allow for acceptance of applications after that date.     

   

    

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

    

 

Global War on Terrorism Operations Service Bonus of $100. Each person who actively served in any capacity as a member of the uniformed services of the United States on or after September 11, 2001 and on or before a date to be determined by the Secretary of Defense, and who earned the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal or Afghanistan Campaign, or Iraq Campaign Medal; and who was discharged, released or has a certificate of service there from, with an honorable discharge, or who is missing in action or who was killed in action; and who at the time of entry on such active service, and at the time of such service was a bona fide resident of this state shall be entitled to the benefits provided under this subdivision. Program ends on June 11, 2009, but there are provisions that allow for acceptance of applications after that date.

     

To be eligible for any of the New Hampshire state veteran bonuses, veterans must have been discharged from active duty with an Honorable discharge and have been a resident of the state at the time they entered active duty for a current or recent conflict listed above. Also, veterans must provide a copy of their DD Form 214.

    

How to Claim New Hampshire Military Veterans Bonus
For more information on the veterans bonuses available through the state of New Hampshire, all veterans, as well as surviving relatives of veterans KIA, are encouraged to contact the State Office of Veterans Services for the state of New Hampshire. 

   

State Office of Veterans Services
275 Chestnut St., Rm. #517
Manchester, NH  03101
    

Veterans may also call 603-624-9230.

   

   

  

  

  

  

   

     

   

        

Burial

Indigent veterans may be buried at the expense of the municipality in which the veteran died.

  

Veterans are eligible for interment in the State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, NH. The cemetery opened in September 1997. Contact NH Adjutant General's Department at (603) 796-2026 for information.

     

Education Benefits

The child of a missing person who was domiciled in this State serving in or with the U.S. armed forces after February 28, 1961, is entitled to free tuition at vocational-technical college so long as said missing person is so reported/listed as missing, captured, etc.

     

Children of military members who die in service during wartime, and children of certain wartime veterans who die from a service-connected disability, may qualify for free tuition at New Hampshire public institutions of higher learning. A scholarship for board, room, rent, books and supplies up to $2500 per year for a period of no more than 4 years at such educational institutions may be furnished to these children if they are in need of financial assistance.    

       

Postsecondary Education - Postsecondary Education has a section on financial aid programs for Veterans        

  

   

    

   

   

   

     

   

     

     

        

Employment Benefits

Preference shall be given in appointing employees of the State Liquor Commission in selecting members of the State Veterans Council in appointing the Director of the State Veterans Council in appointing the Commandant and employees of the New Hampshire Veterans Home and veterans or their un remarried widows and spouses of disabled veterans in public departments and/or public works of state and local units.     

        

Reemployment of veterans by towns and other political subdivisions upon application being made within 90 days after the veteran is discharged from active military service.

     

License Fee Exemption

Honorably discharged veterans who are residents of New Hampshire and who are permanently and totally disabled from service-connected disability may be issued a free perpetual Fish and Game License.    

      

Patients at the V.A. Medical Center in Manchester, NH, and residents of the NH Veterans' Home may be issued free fishing permits under certain conditions.     

     

Service-connected disabled veterans and their un remarried widows may be exempt from fees for a Peddler's License.     

       

An amputee or paraplegic classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as permanently and totally disabled from service-connected disability who owns a motor vehicle received from or replaced by the Department of Veterans Affairs may be furnished a special license plate without charge for one motor vehicle. Recipients of the Purple Heart and Survivors of Pearl Harbor may be issued one set of special license plates upon payment of registration fees.     

       

A veteran determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to be totally blind because of a service-connected disability who owns a motor vehicle may be furnished a special license plate without charge for one vehicle.    

      

Special license plates are available without charge to veterans who are former Prisoners of War (POWs).     

      

Special license plates may be issued for motor vehicles owned by individuals with walking disabilities.     

      

No registration fee is payable for a vehicle provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to an amputee, paraplegic or blind veteran classified as being permanently and totally disabled from service connection.Any motor vehicle bearing special disabled veteran license plates shall be allowed free parking time in any city or town if the vehicle is under the direct control of the owner.     

       

No fee shall be charged for a permit to register a motor vehicle owned by a veteran who has been classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as being totally blind as a result of a service connected disability.     

          

No fee shall be charged for a permit to register a motor vehicle owned by a war veteran who is an amputee, paraplegic or who suffered the loss of use of a limb from a service connected cause as certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs when the vehicle is received or a cash settlement in lieu thereof is received from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

             

No fee shall be charged for a motor vehicle operator's license for a veteran who is an amputee or paraplegic and who received a motor vehicle from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs nor for a veteran who has been classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as being permanently and totally disabled due to service connected disability.