Diana Beatriz Borrero de Padro was born in Puerto Rico in 1946. She enlisted in the Army in 1978 and served for four years, with rotations at Fort Hood, Texas, and at Fort Clayton, Panama. After leaving the Army in 1982, she eventually married and had two sons.

In 2001, Borrero was living in Woodbridge, Va., and working as a civilian accountant for the Department of the Army inside the Pentagon. She was one of the 189 Americans who lost their lives on 9/11.

Borrero’s husband later recalled: “When the news came out that the plane hit the Pentagon near the helipad, I knew something was terribly wrong. I remember picking her up from the airport and seeing her point at her office window saying proudly, ‘That is my window. When the President comes in the helicopter, we all go to the window so we can see him.’ At that time, I began to realize that it was more than just news. I never expected anything like this.”

Borrero is buried in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery.

We honor her service.