Second Lieutenant Ruth M. Gardiner (May 20, 1914 – July 27, 1943) was a nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps, the first American nurse to lose her life in the line of duty during World War II. An Army hospital was named in her honor.
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20 May 1914 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Died |
27 July 1943 (aged 29) Naknek, Alaska, United States
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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