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Analaura Esparza Gutierrez
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Name: Army Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez
Age: 21
From: Houston, Texas
Assigned to A Company, 4th Forward Support Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez was killed while riding in a convoy that was hit by an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenades Oct. 1 in Tikrit.
Died: October 01, 2003
Age: 21
From: Houston, Texas
Assigned to A Company, 4th Forward Support Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez was killed while riding in a convoy that was hit by an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenades Oct. 1 in Tikrit.
Died: October 01, 2003
After her engagement to a fellow soldier, an excited Analaura Esparza-Gutierrez wrote to a childhood friend. "I was about to cry when he proposed," Esparza wrote to Sharon Garcia. "He was so nervous. He could barely get the words out." Esparza planned to get married next year after she returned from Iraq. "She never thought something bad was going to happen to her," Garcia said. Pfc. Esparza, 21, of Houston, was killed in a roadside bombing Oct. 1 near the U.S. base in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. Esparza joined the Army in 2002 so she could eventually attend college. She arrived at Fort Hood nearly a year ago and was sent to Iraq in April for a one-year tour. "I want people to remember my daughter for what she was — a...
Occupation
A Company, 4th Forward Support Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident
Army Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez was killed while riding in a convoy that was hit by an improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenades Oct. 1 in Tikrit.
Prayers & Messages
Analaura Esparza Gutierrez
2011-07-31
Army Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez, thank you for your untilmate scarifice to our great country and to our freedoms which so many take for granted.
Analaura Esparza Gutierrez
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.