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Emily Perez was the 64th female member of the U.S. military to be killed in Iraq or Afghanistan and the 40th West Point graduate killed since the September 11, 2001 attacks. She was the first female graduate of West Point to die in Iraq.
Sep 21, 2020 · Emily was the first African American cadet Brigade Command Sgt. Major of West Point. A feisty, 5-foot, 3-inch cadet, nicknamed Taz because her fellow cadets said she was...
Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez (1983–2006) was a 2005 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and the first black female officer in U.S. military history to die in combat. Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez was born in Heidelberg, West Germany, into a U.S. military family.
Sep 28, 2006 · Emily Perez, the highest-ranking black and Hispanic woman cadet ever to graduate from West Point, was killed by a roadside bomb near Baghdad on Sept....
Mar 30, 2020 · Emily Perez was the first black woman to achieve the rank of Cadet Command Sergeant Major in the history of the United States Military Academy. Upon her graduation from...
Known as a fierce, dedicated, and giving soul, 2nd Lt. Emily Perez’s tireless desire to help others guided her path through the United States Military Academy and into the United States Army. After commissioning into the Medical Service Corps in 2005, Perez was killed in 2006 when her Humvee struck an improvised explosive device.
Sep 27, 2006 · 2nd Lt. Emily Perez, 23, was leading a platoon when a roadside bomb exploded Sept. 12 south of Baghdad. She was the first female West Point graduate to die in Iraq and...
