Spec. Frances M. Vega

Hometown: Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, U.S.

Age: 20 years old

Died: November 2, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Army, 151st Adjutant General Postal Detachment 3, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Tex.

Incident: Killed when insurgents shot down a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Fallujah.