Hero Stories for Florida

Spc. Jessica Y. Sarandrea, 22, of Miami, Florida, died March 3, 2009, in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked her forward operating base with mortar fire. Spc. Sarandrea was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.<

Spc. Jessica Y. Sarandrea, 22, of Miami, Florida, died March 3, 2009, in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked her forward operating base with mortar fire. Spc. Sarandrea was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.<