Captain María Inés Ortiz (April 24, 1967 – July 10, 2007) was the first American nurse to die in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom and the first U.S. Army nurse to die in combat since the Vietnam War. The United States Army named the Forward Operating Base Prosperity clinic after her.
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24 April 1967 Camden, New Jersey
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Died |
10 July 2007 (aged 40) Baghdad, Iraq
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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