BOISE, Idaho — On June 5, 2005, Corporal Carrie French was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) while on a deployment to Iraq as a member of the Idaho National Guard. CPL. French was the first woman from Idaho to die in combat while serving her country.

"While it is an extraordinary honor to be here today, it is difficult," said Marisa McCarter, a friend of French who deployed with Carrie in 2005. "I wish we didn’t lose anyone on that deployment."

Check out the video see more of this statue and its origin story. “It’s beautiful and she was beautiful and she will forever be young and beautiful from now on.”

The Idaho State Veterans Cemetery dedicated a new monument to honor female veterans and at the center of it was the new statue of Carrie French.

During the unique cerem

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