Emily Perez

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Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez
204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade
Battles/warsIraq War
AwardsBronze Star
Purple Heart
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez (19 February 1983 – 12 September 2006) was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army serving in Iraq. She was the first female graduate of West Point to die in Iraq.[1]

Early life and education

Born in

Command Sergeant Major
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Career and death

Grave of Emily Perez, West Point Cemetery (2013)

Following graduation from West Point in 2005, she was commissioned a

204th Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division of the United States Army.[citation needed
]

Perez was deployed to Iraq in December as a Medical Service Corps officer. She was killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near her Humvee during combat operations in Al Kifl, near Najaf.

Lieutenant Perez's military awards include the

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Emily Perez was the 64th female member of the U.S. military to be killed in Iraq or Afghanistan and the 40th West Point graduate killed since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

She was the first female graduate of West Point to die in Iraq.[1]

Perez was buried at the West Point Cemetery.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "West Point Mourns a Font of Energy, Laid to Rest by War". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

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