Lori Piestewa

Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa (December 14, 1979 - March 23, 2003) was a U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps soldier killed during the same Iraqi Army attack in which her friend Jessica Lynch was injured. A member of the Hopi tribe, Piestewa was the first woman killed in the 2003 Iraq war and is the first Native American woman to die in combat while serving with the U.S. military. She was 23 years old.

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Pfc. - December 14 - 1979 - March 23 - 2003 - U.S. Army - Quartermaster Corps - Iraqi - Jessica Lynch - Hopi - 2003 Iraq war - Native American

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