Ala. Code § 31-7-1: Amount; to Whom Payable; Payments to Next of Kin of Persons Who Died While Imprisoned.

A gratuity in the amount of $500 shall be paid out of the General Fund in the State Treasury to any person who entered the armed services while he was a bona fide resident of the State of Alabama and who was imprisoned as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia.

In the event any person who qualified for the payment of this bonus died while such a prisoner, the gratuity shall be paid to his next of kin. For the purposes of this chapter the term “next of kin” shall be the person or persons designated to receive the prisoner’s G.I. insurance.