branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
united states army saint-chamond , loire , france november 1 , 1944 freeland , michigan , united states united states army nurse corps distinguished heart flying cross air medal -lrb- 4 -rrb- purple world war ii 1915 lieutenant aleda e. lutz
 aleda e. lutz
aleda e. lutz

aleda e. lutz -lrb- 1915 -- november 1 , 1944 -rrb- was an united states army flight nurse during world war ii .
serving in the army nurse corps during world war ii , she participated in six separate battle campaigns over a 20-month period , accompanied air combat missions , and conducted all-weather medical evacuations in tunisia , italy and france .
on november 1 , 1944 , she was fatally injured in a medevac c-47 crash near saint-chamond , loire , france .
at the time of her death , lutz was perhaps the most experienced flight nurse in the u.s. military service .
she had the most evacuation sorties -lrb- 196 -rrb- , most combat hours flown by any flight nurse -lrb- 814 -rrb- and the most patients transported by any flight nurse -lrb- 3500 + -rrb- .
