
TUCSON, Ariz. — An Army reservist has been killed in Iraq, believed to be the first female American Samoan to die in the war.
Authorities said Sgt. Tina Safaira Time, 22, died Monday near Cedar, Iraq, when the supply truck she was driving during a dust storm collided with another military vehicle.
Time was assigned to the Army Reserve’s 208th Transportation Company based in Tucson, Ariz.
Time’s family said she was a top student and leader at Leone High School, where she graduated in 2000.
School officials were planning to honor her Thursday night with a candlelight service and Christmas program at the school campus in American Samoa.
Time was two...