VFW Military Scholarship

The VFW's Military Scholarship program provides 25 $3,000 scholarships annually to VFW members who are currently serving in uniform or have been discharged within the 36 months before the December 31 deadline.

The scholarships will be awarded to service members from each branch of service (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard) during the first quarter of the year following the deadline.

Note: For 2009, the program has been renamed to VFW Military Family Scholarship, and service members may elect to use the scholarship for their spouse or child to attend school.

Click on the VFW Military Family Scholarship Program brochure at right to apply and find out more information.

2008 VFW Military Scholarship Winners
Air Force
Amber Louise Putnam – Air Force – (overseas)(Europe)
Chris Vossmer – Air Force – Colorado Springs, Colorado

Navy
Shirley A. Edgerton – Navy – Martinsville, Indiana
Jason Fickbohm – Navy – Newport News, Virginia
Cody White – Navy – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Marine Corps
Darrin D. Smith – Marine Corps – Eureka, California
James Eugene Starr, II – Marine Corps – Richland, North Carolina
Jorge Silva – Marine Corps – Mission Hills, California
Lynn C. Beasley – Marine Corps – Channahon, Illinois
William J. De Young – Marine Corps – Zeeland, Michigan

Coast Guard
Thomas R. Konkle – Coast Guard – Oakland, California

Army
Richard Vander Clute – Army – Mahwah, New Jersey
John Baase – Army (overseas) (Korea)
Jeffrey V. Herndon – Army (overseas) (Korea)
James A. Dahl – Army – Monterey, California
John C. Houston – Army – Burke, Virginia
Max Riekse – Army – Fruitport, Michigan
Matthew W. Coulter – Army – (overseas)(Europe)
Eduardo P. Avila – Army – Woodside, New York
Allana E. Glines-Bull – Army – Lake Forest - California
David DeBatto – Army – Holiday, Florida
Mark Stach – Army – Dixon, Illinois
Lerin Hester – Army – Carbondale, Illinois
Yvette Gardner – Army – Wyandanch, New York
Brian J. Kargus – Army – Williamsburg, Virginia

Link to scholarship brochure:
http://www.vfw.org/resources/pdf/militaryscholarship.pdf