Honoring Military Women |
On January 9, 2002, Marine Sgt. Jeanette L. Winters, 25, became the first US
military woman to be killed in action in Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt.
Winters, a radio operator, was one of seven Marines aboard a Marine Corps
KC-130 military refueling plane that crashed into a mountainside as it prepared
to land at an operating base in western Pakistan. All seven aboard died
and were from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, north of San Diego, CA.
Witnesses said the plane appeared to be on fire on it's final approach prior
to the crash. Sgt. Winters of Gary, Indiana/DuPage, Illinois also has
a brother who is a Marine Corps Sergeant. |
In October 2000, the USS Cole, one of the world's most sophisticated guided missle
destroyers was attacked in the Port of Aden, Yemen while on a refueling stop.
There were many casualties aboard the ship nicknamed the "Determined Warrior",
among them were two Navy enlisted women, Lakeina Francis and Lakiba Palmer.
Lakeina Francis was a 19 year old Seaman Mess Management Specialist.
Her father, Ronald, is a retired Navy chief of 24 years. At 22
years old, Lakiba Palmer was a Seaman recruit who had been in the Navy for 3
years. Our condolences to their families. |
Lakeina Monique Francis Woodleaf , NC |
Lakiba Nicole Palmer San Diego, CA |
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Woman Marine Memoirs |
U.S.S. COLE |
IRAQ The following women were being held capitive in Iraq. They are part of the 507th Maintenance Company. |
PFC Jessica Lynch POW Rescued 4/1/03 |
Spc Shoshana Johnson POW Rescued 4/13/03 |
Pfc Lori Piestewa U. S. ARMY |
The first woman soldier killed in the line of duty in Iraq. Pfc Piestewa was
part of the 507th Maintenance Company and killed on March 23, 2003 when her convoy
was ambushed near Nasiraya. She was a mother of two. |
Welcome Home Soldiers ! |
U.S. Women Killed in Iraq & Afghanistan |
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Photos courtesy of family members, friends, CNN, United Press, and Dept. of Defense. |
Remember Them |
Killed on 10/26/03 in Baghdad, Iraq during a mortar attack on the Abu Ghraib Police
Station. |
Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierre Age: 21 Houston, Tex Killed when the convoy she was in was attacked on 10/01/03 in Tikrit, Iraq. |
Age 20, Livingston, California. Died in a helicopter crash near Fallujah, Iraq, on 11/02/03. |
Pfc. Karina S. Lau |
Age 27, Flagstaff, Arizona Died of wounds received from a non-combat weapons discharge in Telafar, Iraq on 9/15/03. |
Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson |
Age 43, Killed in a Black Hawk helicopter shot down on 11/7/03 in Tikrit,
Iraq. |
CWO Sharon T. Swartworth |
Age 27, Citrus Heights, California Died at Mosul Airfield in Mosul, Iraq, on January 14, 2004 when she was struck by a vehicle. |
Sgt. Keicia M. Hines |
Age 27, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Killed on December 14, 2003, while responding to an explosive ordinance disposal call in Iskandariyah, Iraq. |
Age 24, Quakertown, Pennsylvania Died on Oct. 1, 2003 of non-combat related injuries at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. |
Spc. Tamarra J. Ramos |
Age 27, Easley, South Carolina. Killed when the helicopter she piloted was shot down, on January 2, 2004, by enemy ground fire in Fallujah, Iraq. |
Capt. Kimberly N. Hampton |
Age 26, Eagle Pass, Texas. Died of a non-combat gunshot wound on 7/09/03, in Balad, Iraq. |
Sgt. Melissa Valles |
Pfc Rachel K. Bosveld Age: 19, Saupun, Wisconsin |
Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz |
Spc. Michelle M. Witmer |
Age 20, New Berlin, Wisc. Died on April 9, 2004 during an explosive device
and small arms attack in Bagdad. |
Age 19, of Lena, Wisconsin She was killed when an explosive device struck her convoy in Baqubah, Iraq, on February 16, 2004 |
Pfc. Nichole M. Frye |
Age 39, of Brooklyn, New York Injured in a fall in Iraq and later died at Walter Reed in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 2003 |
Sgt. Linda C. Jimenez |
Pfc. Melissa J. Hobart |
Age 34, of Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Died in Samarra, Iraq on July
22, 2004 by an explosive device detonated near her convoy. |
Sgt. Tatjana Reed |
Age 22, of Ladson, SC Died on June 6, 2004 after collapsing while on guard duty in Baghdad, Iraq. |
Age 25, of El Paso, TX. Killed on May 8, 2004 by a mortar round explosion in Mosul. |
Spc. Isela Rubalcava |
Age 22, of Bridgeport, Connecticut Died in Balad, Iraq, on April 7, 2004, of injuries when her convoy was hit on April 4 with an explosive device in Mosul. |
Spc. Tyanna S. Felder |
Age 41, of Louisiana She was a combat surgical nurse and died on March 7, 2004 of non-combat causes in Baghdad, Iraq. |
Capt. Gussie M. Jones |
Age 19, of Taylor, Michigan Killed on January 31, 2004 by an explosive device during convoy operations in Kirkuk, Iraq. |
Pfc. Holly J. McGeogh |
Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson |
Age 33, of Sutton, Nebraska Killed on July 11, 2004 by an explosive device detonated near her convoy vehicle in Samarra, Iraq. |
Sgt. 1st Class Linda Ann Tarango-Griess |
Age 18, of Richmond, Virginia Killed on May 20, 2004, when her military vehicle hit an explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq. |
Age 22, Army Reserve of Tucson, Arizona died in a vehicle accident near Cedar, Iraq,
on December 13, 2004 |
Sgt. Tina S. Time |
Age 21, Elk Grove Village, Illinoi, Died March 4, 2005 in a military vehicle rolled over near Tikrit, Iraq. |
Age 32, Orangeburg, South Carolina Died in a vehicle accident in Baquba, Iraq on Feb. 16, 2005. |
Spc. Katrina L. Bell-Johnson |
Age 38, Hollywood, Florida Killed when two rockets struck her camp in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 11, 2004. |
Sgt. Pamela G. Osbourne |
Age 26, of Champaign, Illinois Killed on September 5, 2004 in a mortar attack in Baghdad, Iraq. |
Sgt. Shawna M. Morrison |
Age 31, of Puerto Rico Died on March 1, 2005, of injuries sustained in a military vehicle in Bayji, Iraq |
Spc. Lizbeth Robles |
Spc. Adriana N. Salem |
Age 23, Rock Island, Illinois. Killed when an explosive device detonated near her convoy in Iraq, on February 9, 2005 |
Sgt. Jessica M. Housby |
Age 28, Depew, New York Killed when two explosive devices detonated near her convoy in Baquba, Iraq, on December 4, 2004. |
Sgt. Cari A. Gasiewicz |
Age 21, of Normal, Illinois Killed on October 6, 2004 when an explosive device detonated near her convoy in Falluja, Iraq. |
Spc. Jessica L. Cawvey |
Age 29, Bay City, Wisconsin Killed by a roadside bomb in Anbar province, Iraq, on June 5, 2006 |
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jaime S. Jaenke |
Age 20, Austin, Texas Died from a non-combat related injury in Taji, Iraq, on March 1, 2006. |
Pfc. Tina M. Priest |
Age 25, Ephrata, Washington One of eight soldiers killed on January 7, 2006 when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Tal Afar, Iraq. |
1st Lt. Jaime L. Campbell |
Age 33, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico Killed when a mortar round struck her forward operating base in Tikrit, Iraq, on April 15, 2005 |
Spc. Aleina Ramirez-Gonzalez |
Age 21, Riviera Beach, Florida Died when a bomb detonated near her convoy near Camp Bucca, Iraq, on September 28, 2005. |
Airman 1st Class Elizabeth N. Jacobson |
Age 35, Bloomington, Illinois Died from non-combat related injuries at Camp Victory,
Kuwait, on October 28, 2005 |
1st Lt. Debra A. Banaszak |
Age 22, Bossier City, Louisiana Killed by a roadside bomb during patrol operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 10, 2005. |
Sgt. Julia V. Atkins |
Age 34, Omaha, Nebraska Killed when a explosive device detonated near her location in Trebil, Iraq, on July 14, 2005 |
Staff Sgt. Tricia L. Jameson |
Age 19, Caldwell, Idaho Killed when a roadside bomb hit her convoy vehicle and detonated in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 5, 2005955 |
Cpl. Carrie L. French |
Age 18, Tucson, Arizona Died on April 18, 2005, when a roadside bomb detonated near her Humvee in Baghdad, Iraq. |
Pfc. Sam W. Huff |
Age 23, Texas Died when a roadside bomb exploded near her Humvee during combat in Kifl, Iraq, on September 12, 2006. |
2nd Lt. Emily J.T. Perez |
Age 21, St. Louis, Missouri Died when a mortar round detonated in Tikrit, Iraq, on March 16, 2006. |
Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson |
Age 19, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Died on March 11, 2006 of a non-combat
related injury in Baghdad, Iraq. |
Pfc. Amy A. Duerksen |
Age 25, Fresno, California Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near her Humvee in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 23, 2005 |
Sgt. Regina C. Reali |
Age 24, Wahiawa, Hawaii Died when her Humvee was attacked by enemy forces in Hawija, Iraq, on December 24, 2005 |
Sgt. Myla L. Maravillosa |
,Age 23, Rosedale, Maryland Killed when multiple roadside bombs detonated near her convoy on August 14, 2005 in Al Asad, Iraq, |
Spc. Toccara R. Green |
Age 19, Florissant, Missouri Died of non-combat related injuries in Balad, Iraq, on July 19, 2005 |
Pvt. Lavena L. Johnson |
Age 20, Bronx, New York Killed when a suicide car bomber attacked her convoy vehicle in Falluja, Iraq, on June 23, 2005 |
Cpl. Ramona M. Valdez |
Age 21, of Cranston, RI, Died when a suicide car bomber struck her convoy vehicle in Falluja, Iraq, on June 23, 2005 |
Lance Cpl. Holly A. Charette |
Age 43, of Centralia, WA. Killed when a suicide bomber attacked her convoy
in Falluja, Iraq, on June 23, 2005. |
Petty Officer 1st Class Regina R. Clark |
Major Megan McClung |
Age 21, Emmaus, Pennsylvania Killed on March 3, 2007 when a roadside bomb detonated near her vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq. |
Sgt. Ashly L. Moyer |
Age 28, Swampscott, Massachusetts Killed when her Ch-46 helicopter crashed during enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq, on February 7, 2007. |
Capt. Jennifer J. Harris |
Age 27, Cambridge, Illinois. Died on January 16, 2007 of a non-combat related incident in Bahrain, within the hostile fire zone. |
Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer A. Valdivia |
Age 34, Coupeville, Washington, USMC Killed during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on December 6, 2006. |
Age 46, Bayside, New York Died at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on October 1, 2006. |
Sgt. Denise A. Lannaman |
Age 20, Redlands, California Died on September 4, 2006 of a non-combat related cause in Taji, Iraq. |
Pfc. Hannah L. Gunterman |
Age 21, New Ringgold, Pennsylvania Died of injuries suffered when a car bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 14, 2006. |
Sgt. Jennifer M. Hartman |
Age 47, St. Louis, Missouri Died from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 12, 2006. |
Seaman Sandra S. Grant |
Age 19, Davenport, Iowa Died when a roadside bomb exploded near her vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 2, 2007. |
Pfc. Katie M. Soenksen |
Age 20, Bel Air, Maryland Died February 7, 2007 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. |
Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell |
Age 37, Sun Valley, California Died January 28, 2007 of injuries suffered when her convoy vehicle rolled over in Tallil, Iraq. |
Spc. Carla J. Stewart |
Age 23, New Castle, Delaware Killed when a car bomb exploded while on duty in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 7, 2007. |
Senior Airman Elizabeth A. Loncki |
Age 23, Linwood, NC, assigned to the USS Eisenhower. Died from natural causes
in the Arabian Sea on December 31, 2006. |
Maj. Gloria D. Davis |
Age 44, Bronx, New York Died November 26, 2006 of injuries suffered from a non-combat related injury in Taji, Iraq. |
Sgt. Jeannette T. Dunn |
Age 43, Owensboro, Kentucky Died in Manama, Bahrain, on September 19, 2006. |
Lt. Cmdr. Jane Elizabeth Lanham |
Age 23, Belle Mead, New Jersey Died when a suicide car bomber hit her vehicle in Mosul, Iraq, on September 19, 2006. |
1st Lt. Ashley L. (Henderson) Huff |
Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters U.S.M.C. |
Our sympathies to those family and friends who have lost a loved one in the Middle
East. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. |
CASUALTIES IN IRAQ |