Slain New River Marine’s kids get education bonds

NEW RIVER MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, N.C. (AP) — A Marine Corps aviator’s children are getting an outpouring of help to ensure their future education after his death in Afghanistan.

The Daily News of Jacksonville reports (http://bit.ly/vo3Oqn ) that the children of Staff Sgt. Thomas Dudley are scheduled to receive education bonds during a ceremony Monday at his home base, the New River Air Station.

The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation will present the $30,000 bonds to each of Dudley’s three children.

The 29-year-old Marine from Tega Cay, S.C., died July 7. He was a MV-22B Osprey crew chief.

Dudley died near the end of a seven-month deployment before he could finalize the paperwork required to make him the legal father of his wife’s 13-year-old daughter. The couple had two children together.