Lori Piestewa
American soldier
Died when: 23 years 106 days (279 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Lori Ann Piestewa (/paɪˈɛstəwɑː/ py-ES-tə-wah;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 member of the Hopi tribe, 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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