85th American Soldierwoman to die since the 2003 Iraq invasion

I was reading in the paper that a female soldier died in a roadside bomb attack on her patrol south of Baghdad on Thursday, and she marked the 85th Soldierwoman to die thus far. The article also said that women are "technically" not assigned to offensive combat missions in Iraq, but that they often participate in raids, patrols and other active duty in the variety of roles (flying, dealing with Iraqi Women). It also states that women have seen more combat during th Iraq war than in any previous U.S. engagement and that their causes of death are largely the same as those of male counterparts.