serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_name birth_place allegiance unit birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
july 2001 september 2003 united states tal afar airbase , iraq 15 september 2003 alyssa renee peterson greeley , colorado , u.s. united states of america 25px 101st airborne division 29 february 1976 citizens cemetery flagstaff , arizona , u.s. 25px specialist alyssa peterson
 alyssa r. peterson
alyssa peterson

alyssa renee peterson -lrb- february 29 , 1976 -- september 15 , 2003 -rrb- was a united states army soldier , with arabic language certification , who served with c company , 311th military intelligence battalion , 101st airborne in iraq .
peterson graduated from northern arizona university , after which she enlisted in the u.s. army and attended the defense language institute in california , where she learned arabic .
she also studied interrogation techniques at fort huachuca in arizona .
