Politics | 07/01/2008 11:12 am

Fallen Patriots: A wowOwow Salute to 110 Fallen Female Soldiers

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Credit: perkmeup, iStock

No matter where you come down on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is no debate about our country’s devotion and gratitude to the men and women who have lost their lives in service to America.

This Fourth of July, the Women on the Web takes a moment for a solemn salute to the ultimate wowOwow women: the 110 female soldiers who have lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Our hearts go out to their families and friends, and we stand humbled by and proud of a nation and a culture able to produce daughters so brave and so honorable.

This Fourth of July, the Women on the Web takes a moment for a solemn salute to the ultimate wowOwow women.

The number of fallen women in today’s conflicts outstrips the female death toll in the Korean, Vietnam and Desert Storm confilcts combined. According to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, eight women died in the line of duty in Vietnam and 16 died during Desert Storm in Kuwait. Today, women make up 15 percent of America’s active duty forces and, as a result, the death toll among women soldiers has significantly climbed to where it stands today, July 2, 2008, at 110.

These are the true daughters of the American revolution, the revolution that has allowed women to shatter glass ceilings in all walks of life … even when the consequence is heartbreaking.

Links to wowOwow’s Fourth of July photo tributes to all 110 fallen female soldiers are listed below:

Names A - D click here.
Names E - H click here.
Names I - O click here.
Names P - Z click here.

Many thanks to the Military Times for their generous help in preparing this special salute.

Read more about: Fourth of July, Heroes, Military, News

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M.P….hope you read this..just wanted to thank you for understanding…not very many people really do…it is just really a job to swallow some of the people of this country and their TOTAL disregard for the fact their fellow human beings are putting their lives on the line to defend their freedom to do whatever they please, whenever they please, to whoever they please…i will put you on my ‘friends’ list..again, an apology….theCHEROKEErose…

By theCHEROKEErose on 07/06/2008 6:16 pm

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Now that’s what I call progress!! Could I squeeze into this duo without getting crushed cuz, Dona, you gets a gold star from me!

By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 07/04/2008 5:55 pm

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Jeezzzz! this was supposed to go under Mugsy and Dona’s post.

By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 07/04/2008 5:59 pm

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Dona, you never cease to amaze me. You seem to always have the right words to bring the point home. Thank You!

By C A Rose on 07/03/2008 1:27 am

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If I were an editor at Women on the Web, I would have scratched the first paragraph and lead with the second one. Bad form ladies, to lead with a qualifier when you are ostensibly praising the women who died in combat.

By Fontessa 1952 on 07/02/2008 11:40 pm

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Fontessa 1952 I agree completely; very bad form.

By Bonnie Oliver on 07/02/2008 11:56 pm

My son was injured in Iraq. While he was at Brooke Army Medical Center I met some amazing young women. Some of these women who were injured were featured in magazine I think Glamour a year or so ago. They are so courageous and have such a wonderful spirit. On the Fourth, remember them and their families as well as all who serve our nation. As a teacher, I see so little patriotism in my students I applaud those women who see the military as career choice.

By Vickie Benefield on 07/03/2008 8:42 am

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Vickie I am so sorry that happened to your son. He is a hero in my eyes. Please thank him for his service and his sacrifice. My son just got back from his 3rd tour in the Mid East. It is hard on them and hard on the families. I appreciate your families bravery in dealing with the challenges that you now face. Thanks again and good luck to your son and family.

By Frannie Em on 07/03/2008 11:06 am

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I’m writing on a deadline, but took the time to visit every one of those young women as I took breaks. It’s taken me two days, and now, with a broken heart, I’m back to my work. Every one, a beautiful soul.

By K O on 07/03/2008 9:51 am

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Remember all those years of trying to get the ERA passed? The main argument against it being that women CAN not and SHOULD not serve in the military? I guess these brave women, as well as those still there and those lucky enough to have survived and come home, have proven otherwise.

By DeBúrca obj on 07/03/2008 11:17 am

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as to the post by CA Rose on 7/3 at 1am. Picture me at attention and saluting. tears in my eyes all choked up. and here is my moment of silence…………………

By Chrome Toe on 07/03/2008 2:33 pm

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Having worked with and among the women of the military for numerous years, I know the strength, fortitude, dedication and outright tremendous sense of humor they possess. They were some of our first working mothers. That balanced bivuoac and breast feeding, Survival/Notification Assistance Officers/Personnel and dinner on the table, rifle calibration, death with those ugly maternity bdu’s (daily uniform) and the precious lives within. Soldiers suck it up and move out, but mommy loves and honey has to give a kiss. Then the other side who packs up when it’s time to move on and clear quarters, who stays behind if only one can go (the higher or lower rank if both are in the military) and if not, does the other truly understand what a woman truly holds. Have to be prepared to shoot or be killed. Yet, we’re supposed to be the more compassionate? I learned so much. Women from all over the world in some instances, shapes, sizes, colors. They cannot be praised enough.

By Sharron O'Connor on 07/03/2008 4:45 pm

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As a US Army veteran (not of this war), I offer my thanks to the women (and men) who have given their all for a war I’ve never quite supported. My time in the military was fraught with terrorism of a different sort which at the time only targeted US Armed Forces overseas. Times have changed, but the mission of the military has not. It didn’t matter what I did while on or off duty — I was first and foremost a soldier, period.. I salute these women - mothers or not, who were soldiers, airmen, seamen or marines. Their legacy will live on as long as we remember and honor them.

By Sherree W on 07/03/2008 11:17 pm

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Thanks to all of you for staying on point. When I wake up on the morning of July 4th I will present the colors, carefully unfurling the flag, making sure that they never touch the ground, and fly it proudly in front of our house. My heart is with all who are serving and have served, the ‘Gold Star’ mother’s and wives, and the children left behind. I pray that next year at this time we will be of a different mindset and our troops will begin returning home.

By C A Rose on 07/04/2008 12:54 am

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We should never forget these beautiful souls. Bless them all. Frannie Em - my best wishes to you and your family. My boy (oh…he hates being called a “boy” at 34!) is on his fourth tour in Iraq. I do not know when he will be home again. His wife serves as well. And yes, I will always call him my boy…because even when I see him in uniform, my mind’s eye sees a 6 year old wearing Oshkosh overalls, running to me across a playground. That “vision” has pulled me through some rough worried times. Have a great 4th Frannie Em…and enjoy your boy!

By J B on 07/04/2008 7:23 am