Sallie Mae and a Dead Marine

Sallie Mae has refused to forgive a private student loan that a marine owed according to www.boston.com. He died, and the loan was not forgiven, as his parents had cosigned the loan.

Marine Second Lieutenant Ian McVey was killed when a driver hit his motorcycle. He owed over $50,000 of private student loans that he had used to fund his engineering degree.

Edit: Sallie Mae agreed to forgive the debt in late January 2009.