Who was Captain Alexander ? Who was this brave young army nurse who was serving her tour of duty in Viet Nam ?… Those answers and more are what I am compelled to write about here. She will never be forgotten and she did not die in vain. This is true, so long as there are dedicated Americans willing to “pay it forward” by educating the many people who will come to know her and why Eleanor Grace Alexander was willing to sacrifice her life by saving other lives