The hero West Virginia National Guard member who was killed after an ambush by an Afghan refugee in Washington, DC, was a soldier with “with a heart of gold” — who dreamed of one day joining the FBI, according to friends.

Sarah Beckstrom, 20, who died from wounds she suffered during the cowardly attack Wednesday, had joined the military to “get her foot in the door for a career in the FBI,” her friend and former boyfriend, Adam Carr, told NBC Friday.

Beckstrom had a “heart of gold,” according to those who knew the 20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member. Facebook / Gary Beckstrom

Beckstrom worked at a health center for people with mental illness and substance abuse problems before she was deployed several months ago, the outlet reported.

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