This hits hard. If a person dies during recruit training does he earn the title Marine?

 

Recruit passed away at boot camp. Dude tells people not to call him a Marine. Thoughts?
by u/horck47 in USMC

This has happened often enough that I think there would be a regulation covering it. I do know this. You die in recruit training your family gets all the benefits so my instinct is yes. This guy makes some compelling reasons why administratively you get the pay but maybe not the title. Does anyone know?