Lizbeth Robles

Lizbeth Robles

Infobox Military Person
name=Lizbeth Robles
born= birth date|1973|4|4
died= death date and age|2005|3|1|1973|4|4
placeofbirth=Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
placeofdeath=Tikrit, Iraq
placeofburial=


caption=SPC Lizbeth Robles First female soldier born in Puerto Rico to die in Combat
nickname=
allegiance= United States of America
branch=
serviceyears=
rank= Specialist
commands=
unit= 43rd Area Support Group
battles= Operation Desert Storm
awards=Purple Heart
laterwork=

SPC Lizbeth Robles (April 4, 1973-March 1, 2005), born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, was the first female soldier born in Puerto Rico to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Early years

Robles was born into a close knit working class family in the small town of Vega Baja. There she received her primary and secondary education. She was a leader in her church and an accomplished athlete who was well liked by those who knew her. After graduating from high school led the life of a normal fun loving girl of her age and attended the American University. After one year at the university, she was unable to pay the tuition and transferred to the Arecibo campus of the University of Puerto Rico. There she was able to receive financial aid and complete her degree.

Military service

Robles was dissatisfied with the jobs available to her when the events that occurred on and after September 11, 2001, changed her life forever. Robles, like so many others, joined the Armed Forces of the United States. She joined the U.S. Army and received her basic training in Fort Hood, where she was assigned to the 46th Chemical Company. Later, she was sent to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and was assigned to the 659th Maintenance Co. Robles was sent to South Korea, where she was assigned to the welcome center at Camp Casey. She also served in Uzbekistan before being assigned to Fort Carson in Colorado.

Robles, who enjoyed driving tankers and trucks, was then assigned to the 360th Transportation Company, 68th Corps Support Battalion. There she lived with her husband Stokey Smith. She volunteered to be part of a new group with the 43rd Area Support Group, one that rides in convoys and secures the dangerous roadways so that the Fort Carson's trucks in Iraq can deliver fuel.

She received her deployment orders, but before she left for Iraq Robles went to Puerto Rico where she spent the Thanksgiving of 2004 with her friends and family. After that last Thanksgiving with her family, she went to Iraq where she reported to her company.

On March 1, 2005, SPC Lizbeth Robles and Sgt. Julio Negron were riding in a Humvee by the town of Bayji, when they had an accident and the vehicle flipped over. They were rushed to the 228th Command Support Hospital in Tikrit where both of them later died of the injuries sustained from the accident.Lizbeth Robles' remains arrived in Puerto Rico on March 6, 2005. She was buried with full military honors in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery located in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Her name along with the others who have perished in Afghanistan and Iraq, was engraved in "El Monumento de la Recordacion" (Monument of Remembrance), dedicated to Puerto Rico's fallen soldiers and situated in front of the Capitol Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico and unveiled by Puerto Rico Senate President Kenneth McClintock and PR National Guard Adjutant General Col. David Carrión on Memorial Day, 2007.

Awards and decorations

Among SPC Lizbeth Robles' decorations and medals were the following:

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ee also

*List of famous Puerto Ricans - Military
*Puerto Rican women in the military

External links

* [http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/robleslizbeth.html Fallen Heroes Memorial]
* [http://www.aimeeallison.org/?q=node/186 Bush's War Viewed from the South]


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