Marisol Heredia was a Petroleum Supply Specialist in the U.S. Army assigned to Gulf Forward Support Company (3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery) 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. At 19 years old, serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Heredia was severely burned while refueling a generator at FOB Union III.
She was later transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas and died two months later from infections on September 7, 2007.
Arnold Schwartzenager, former Governor of California, tributed Heredia by ordering flags to be flown at half mast in her honor.
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