U.S. troops in Iraq mourn slain female soldier REUTERS6:20 a.m. October 3, 2003 TIKRIT, Iraq Hundreds of U.S. troops held a memorial service Friday at their base in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Iraq to mourn a female soldier killed by a roadside bomb. Private Analaura Esparzo-Gutierrez, 21, was killed on Wednesday when the blast hit the Humvee vehicle she was driving outside the base in Tikrit, Saddam's home town. Three other soldiers were wounded. A U.S. Army spokeswoman said Esparzo-Gutierrez was the fourth female U.S. soldier to die in combat operations since the start of the war...