THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you Carol for your courage and dedication to your country.

Dear 2LT Carol Ann Elizabet Drazba, Ma'am

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you,

Curt Carter

Carol is buried at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA.

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2nd Lt. Carol Ann Elizabet Drazba was born on December 11 of 1943, and she was born and raised in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. Carol joined the army during her second year of nursing school. After her basic training she was assigned to Fort Huachucha, where she built her reputation as an excellent OR nurse. In 1965, Carol volunteered for service in Vietnam and she arrived in Vietnam in November of that year. She was attached to Third Field Hospital near Saigon. After three weeks of working and surgery, Carol was finally able to take a weekend off. Unfortunately the helicopter carrying her and another female nurse on February 18, 1966 crashed, killing all seven people on board. Carol and 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Ann Jones were the first two women to be killed in Vietnam. In her hometown of Dunmore, Pennsylvania a monument was dedicated in her honor.