Lori Piestewa
Lori Piestewa | |
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Piestewa a few weeks before her death in 2003 | |
| Native name | Kocha-Hon-Mana |
| Born | December 14, 1979 Tuba City, Arizona, United States |
| Died | March 23, 2003 (aged 23) Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, Iraq |
| Buried | Tuba City Community Cemetery, Tuba City, Arizona, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 2001–2003 |
| Rank | Specialist (posthumous) |
| Unit | 507th Maintenance Company |
| Battles / wars | Iraq War |
| Awards | Purple Heart Prisoner of War Medal |
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 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.