Marie Rossi
1959 births1991 deaths20th-century American womenAmerican aviatorsAmerican people of Italian descent ... and 8 more
American women aviatorsBurials at Arlington National CemeteryPeople from Oradell, New JerseyRecipients of the Air MedalUnited States Army personnel of the Gulf WarUse mdy dates from September 2018Women in the United States ArmyWomen in warfare post-1945
Marie Therese Rossi-Cayton (January 3, 1959 – March 1, 1991) was the first woman in American military history to serve in combat as an aviation unit commander, during the Persian Gulf War in 1991, and the first woman pilot in United States history to fly combat missions. She was killed when the CH-47 Chinook she was piloting crashed in Saudi Arabia, on March 1, 1991.
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