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Three $100 War Bonuses — and the One That Another State Can Cancel

A $100 bonus for Vietnam-era service, $100 for the Persian Gulf period, and $100 for the Global War on Terrorism. Each requires that you were a bona fide resident of this state when you entered service. The Persian Gulf bonus carries a trap: having been paid the equivalent bonus by another state disqualifies you here.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

A $100 bonus for Vietnam-era service, $100 for the Persian Gulf period, and $100 for the Global War on Terrorism. Each requires that you were a bona fide resident of this state when you entered service. The Persian Gulf bonus carries a trap: having been paid the equivalent bonus by another state disqualifies you here.

What it's worth: $100 for Vietnam-era service, $100 for the Persian Gulf period, $100 for the Global War on Terrorism

  • The Vietnam bonus takes 90 days or more of active service between 5 August 1964 and 15 August 1973, or service in Vietnam between 1 July 1958 and 5 August 1964 with the Vietnam Service Medal or the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
  • The Persian Gulf bonus takes active service between 2 August 1990 and 30 November 1995 with the Southwest Asia Service Medal.
  • The Global War on Terrorism bonus takes service on or after 11 September 2001 with the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, up to a closing date to be set by the Secretary of Defense.
  • All three require that you were a bona fide resident of this state at the time you entered the service and during it, and an honorable discharge or certificate of service under honorable conditions.

Who is entitled to it

  • Your discharge characterisation is within the range these programmes run on.
  • You are in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

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How to claim it

  1. 1Check the medal on your DD214 as well as the dates. The Persian Gulf and Global War on Terrorism bonuses both turn on a specific medal, and the Vietnam bonus turns on either 90 days of service in the window or an earlier tour with a named medal.
  2. 2Confirm you were a bona fide resident here when you ENTERED service. Moving here afterwards does not qualify you, however long you have lived here since.
  3. 3Before claiming the Persian Gulf bonus, check whether you were ever paid a Persian Gulf bonus by another state. Having been paid one elsewhere disqualifies you here, and claiming both is not a paperwork slip.
  4. 4For a Vietnam claim, expect a longer route. Claims made after 22 August 1977 must be approved by the Adjutant General and then by the Governor and Executive Council, so allow for the schedule of a body that meets periodically.
  5. 5Apply for each of the three separately where your record reaches more than one window. They are separate payments tied to separate periods.
  6. 6Work through a state veteran service officer, who can confirm which window your record falls in before the claim is filed.
Form
War service bonus claim
File with
The Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
CorrectionThe bar on having been paid a Persian Gulf bonus elsewhere is the detail nobody mentions. Veterans who moved between states during the 1990s are precisely the people who may have been paid once already, and are precisely the people most likely to claim again in good faith.
Worth knowingThe Global War on Terrorism bonus has no closing date yet — the statute defers it to a date the Secretary of Defense sets. That is unusual and it means the window can shut without a legislative change, so there is no advantage in waiting.
Known gapThe department's page does not say where the claim form lives, whether survivors may claim, or what happens to a Vietnam claim in practice at the Executive Council stage. The legislature's statute server refuses connections, so RSA 115-A was not read directly. Ask a state veteran service officer.

Sources

Why only one source type: The legislature's statute server refuses connections and every state host refuses an automated fetch, so RSA 115-A could not be read alongside the department's statement of it. The one source read is the administering department's own benefits page, which states each bonus, its window, its medal condition and its residency test, and cites the section for each.

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