---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 506.18"
title: "45"
number: "506.18"
heading: "Entitlement of survivors to award in case of death of prisoner of war."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/506.18"
---

# §506.18. Entitlement of survivors to award in case of death of prisoner of war.


In case of death of a prisoner of war who would have been entitled to an award of compensation under [section 6(f)](/cfr/45/6.md?p=f) (2) and (3) of the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, the compensation will be awarded, if claim is made, only to the following persons:

- (a) Widow or husband if there is no child or children of the deceased;
- (b) Widow or husband and child or children of the deceased, one-half to the widow or husband and the other half to the child or children of the deceased in equal shares;
- (c) Child or children of the deceased (in equal shares) if there is no widow or husband; and
- (d) **Parents (in equal shares) if there is no widow, husband or child.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 2, Pub. L. 896, 80th Cong., as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2001).

### Source

Source: 66 FR 49844, Oct. 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted.