How Maria died

Killed by enemy indirect fire in Baghdad. [source: Faces of the Fallen]
projects.washingtonpost.com/... /maria--i-ortiz/

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Press Coverage [source: Faces of the Fallen]

Captain Is First Army Nurse Casualty Since Vietnam
  (The Washington Post, Aug. 10, 2007)

Flags to Fly Half-Staff Aug. 6
  (capemaycountyherald.com, July 30, 2007)

Popular Army Nurse Is the First Killed in Combat Since Vietnam
  (The Washington Post, July 17, 2007)