Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 5108. Definitions

(1) Any deceased person who, at the time of his or her death, was serving (whether or not in a combat zone) in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or any women's organization officially connected therewith, during any war or armed conflict in which the United States has been, is now, or shall hereafter be engaged, or who, at the time of his or her death, was serving in a zone where a campaign or state or condition of war or armed conflict then existed, in which the United States was, is, or shall be a participant. The existence of a campaign or state or condition of war or armed conflict and the participation of the United States therein, as well as the fact that the deceased person served in a zone where such campaign or state or condition of war or armed conflict existed, shall, in each case, be established by the records of the Department of Defense of the Federal Government; or

(2) Any deceased person who had so served at any time during his or her life, and whose separation from such service was honorable, whether by discharge or otherwise, or who, at the time of his or her death, was continuing in such service after the cessation of the war, armed conflict, campaign or state or condition of war during or in which he or she served; or

(3) Any deceased person who was in active service in the militia of the State of Pennsylvania under and in pursuance of any proclamation issued by the Governor during the Civil War, who was not duly mustered into the service of the United States, but was honorably discharged or relieved from such service.