In Memoriam
Military nurses have also lost their lives. Some died from disease or accidents, and some died while performing their duties. The nurses were either in the Army Nurse Corp, Naval Nurse Corp, or Airforce Nurse Corp.
4 ANC and 19 NNC nurses died in WWI
200 ANC, 11 NNC, and 14 AFN nurses died in WWII
1 ANC nurse and 29 NNC nurses died in the Korean War
9 ANC nurses and 1 AFN died in Vietnam
4 female nurses died in the Iraq War
As you might have noticed, I did not include any information about Vietnam nurses or those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. I hope our readers can supply first-hand accounts of those military heroes. If you were a military nurse or wounded and want to recognize a military nurse even if they weren't from Hicksville, we would love to hear your story to print it for our Veterans' Day Issue.
