Frances M. Vega

Frances Marie Vega was a United States Army soldier who was killed in the Iraq War. She is the first female soldier of Puerto Rican descent to have died in combat in the Iraq War.

Vega was born in San Francisco, California into a military family. Her father was stationed there as a member of the United States Army. After her father retired from the U.S. Army the family moved and settled in Puerto Rico where she continued her education at Antilles High School at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico and graduated in 2000.

Source: Wikipedia