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Description: Grave of Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez, the first female minority Cadet Command Sergeant Major in the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point. She died during a deployment to Iraq in 2006 as a Medical Service Corps officer at age 23. A makeshift bomb exploded near her Humvee. Lt. Perez graduated from Oxon Hill High School in Maryland, where she was wing commander of Junior ROTC. She was born February19 1983 in Heidelberg, West Germany, of African American and Hispanic parents in a U.S. military family. Lieutenant Perez's military awards include the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, and the Combat Action Badge. She posthumously received the NCAA Award of Valor in 2008.
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