Frances Y. Slanger (born Friedel Yachet Schlanger, 1913 – Oct. 21, 1944) was an American military nurse of Polish Jewish birth. The first American nurse to die due to enemy fire in the European theatre of World War II, she gained posthumous recognition for a letter she had written regarding the sacrifices of American soldiers which was published as an editorial in the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. Her unit was treating 28th Infantry Division troops at the time of her death.