Lori Piestewa
American soldier
Born on: December 14, 1979Died on: March 30, 2003
Aged: 23 years 106 days (279 months)
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Lori Ann Piestewa 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.
Arizona's Piestewa Peak is named in her honor.
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