Pennsylvania Statutes Title 51 P.S. Military Affairs § 20092. Definitions

As used in this act, the word “veteran” includes any individual a member of the military, naval or air forces of the United States or of any of her allies during the Korean Conflict, between June 25, 1950, and July 27, 1953, but does not include (1) any individual at any time during such periods or thereafter separated from such forces under other than honorable conditions, (2) any conscientious objector who performed no military duty whatsoever or refused to wear the uniform, (3) any alien at any time during such periods or thereafter discharged from military, naval or air forces on account of his alienage, or (4) any individual who renounced his United States citizenship during such period.

The term “legal resident of this Commonwealth” means any individual living and residing within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as of January 1, 1961, or in the case of persons who were on active service with the armed forces on January 1, 1961, who were legal residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on January 1, 1961, and who gave the State of Pennsylvania or any specific place in this Commonwealth as his or her place of residence or home address at the time of entering the military, naval or air forces of the United States or of any of her allies for such period without regard to the place of enlistment, commission or induction. The proof of such residence shall be either the official records on file in the Department of Defense of the United States, or on file in the comparable governmental agency of any of her allies, or such other evidence of bona fide residence as may be deemed sufficient by the Adjutant General of Pennsylvania.