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Remembering U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Carol Ann Drazba. On October 13, 1965, Drazba began her tour of duty in Vietnam and worked tirelessly for the next six months fulfilling what she believed to be her life's mission. It was when she was on her way for her first rest period after arriving in Vietnam that she and another nurse, Army 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Jones, RN, were killed on that day of February 18, 1966, when the helicopter crashed when it hit high tension wires. Drazba and Jones were the first two American women nurses killed in the Vietnam War. Her remains were returned to the United States, and buried at Sacred Heart in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Rest easy Hero 🇺🇸