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Funeral held for South Carolina’s first woman killed in Iraq
Army Captain Kimberly Hampton, 27, a Presbyterian College honors graduate and former ROTC battalion commander, died when her OH-58 Kiowa Warrior was shot down January 2. In Easley and Fayetteville communities, about 1,200 mourners gathered with full military honors. Hampton was the first female pilot killed in Iraq and the first SC native to die there. She previously lived in Fayetteville and served in Korea and Afghanistan.
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Easley
Army
Kimberly Hampton
Presbyterian College
17Th Cavalry Regiment
Iraq
Hampton
South Carolina
Will Braman
Baghdad
Kimbo
Dark Horse Six
82Nd Airborne Division
Fayetteville
N.C
Korea
Afghanistan