 Corporal Sarah Bryant is the first woman soldier to be killed in the current operations in Afghanistan.Warrant Officer Class 2 Michael Williams of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) was killed Tuesday 24 June 2008 during a firefight.He was commanding C (Bruneval) Company's Fire Support Group while the Company was on a deliberate operation against the Taliban in the Upper Sangin Valley when he was fatally wounded.