(1979-12-14)December 14, 1979 Tuba City, Arizona, United States
Died
March 23, 2003(2003-03-23) (aged 23) Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq
Buried
Tuba City Community Cemetery, Tuba City, Arizona, U.S.
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
2001–2003
Rank
Specialist (posthumous)[1]
Unit
507th Maintenance Company
Battles/wars
Iraq War
Invasion of Iraq †
Awards
Purple Heart Prisoner of War Medal
Lori Ann Piestewa (/paɪˈɛstəwɑː/py-ES-tə-wah;[2] December 14, 1979 – March 23, 2003) was a United States Army soldier killed during the Iraq War. A member of the Quartermaster Corps, she died in the same Iraqi attack in which fellow soldiers Shoshana Johnson and Piestewa's friend Jessica Lynch were injured. A Hopi, Piestewa was the first Native American woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military and the first woman in the U.S. military killed in the Iraq War.[1] Arizona's Piestewa Peak is named in her honor.
^ abWilliams, Rudi (May 27, 2003). "Army Spc. Lori Piestewa". American Forces Press Service. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
^Pancrazio, Angela Cara (May 26, 2003). "Piestewa is latest hard-to-pronounce name for Arizona". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
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