Army Pfc. Esparaza-Gutierrez was assigned to A Company, 4th Forward Support Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, as a unit supply specialist. Esparza-Gutierrez was killed when the Humvee she was riding in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and improvised explosive devise attack 300 yards from the base in Tikrit. Esparza-Gutierrez died of her injuries. Analaura and her family immigrated to Houston from Monterrey, Mexico when she was 7. She had joined the Army in March 2002 so she could attend college and become a psychologist. After her engagement to a fellow soldier, she wrote to a childhood friend. "I was about to cry when he proposed. He was so nervous. He could barely get the words out." She planned to get married next year after she returned from Iraq. She arrived at Fort Hood nearly a year ago and was sent to Iraq in April for a one-year tour She was a permanent resident of the United States and had met all the requirements to qualify for U.S. citizenship.
Army Pfc. Esparaza-Gutierrez was assigned to A Company, 4th Forward Support Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, as a unit supply specialist. Esparza-Gutierrez was killed when the Humvee she was riding in was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and improvised explosive devise attack 300 yards from the base in Tikrit. Esparza-Gutierrez died of her injuries. Analaura and her family immigrated to Houston from Monterrey, Mexico when she was 7. She had joined the Army in March 2002 so she could attend college and become a psychologist. After her engagement to a fellow soldier, she wrote to a childhood friend. "I was about to cry when he proposed. He was so nervous. He could barely get the words out." She planned to get married next year after she returned from Iraq. She arrived at Fort Hood nearly a year ago and was sent to Iraq in April for a one-year tour She was a permanent resident of the United States and had met all the requirements to qualify for U.S. citizenship.
Bio by: Brenda N
