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Lori Ann Piestewa (/ p aɪ ˈ ɛ s t ə w ɑː / 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.
Learn about the life and legacy of Lori Ann Piestewa, the first Native female Soldier killed in action in Iraq in 2003. She volunteered for deployment, drove a Humvee in a convoy, and died from her injuries after being captured by insurgents.
21. Mai 2024 · Lori Piestewa (born December 14, 1979, Tuba City, Arizona, U.S.—died March 23, 2003, Al-Nāṣiriyyah, Iraq) was a U.S. Army soldier who became the first American servicewoman to perish in the Iraq War (2003–11) and the first Native American servicewoman in history to die in combat on foreign soil.
1. Nov. 2018 · Lori Piestewa was the first American Indian woman to die in the Iraq War and the first woman to die on the front lines. Learn about her life, legacy and the bond she formed with Jessica Lynch, another soldier caught in the same ambush.
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A tribute to the first Native American woman killed in combat in a foreign war, Pfc. Lori Piestewa, who served in Iraq in 2003. Read about her life, legacy, and the impact of her death on the nation and the world.
23. März 2023 · Lori Piestewa was the first Native American woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military. She was killed in Iraq in 2003 and her family and community remember her sacrifice and legacy.
17. Feb. 2003 · Lori A. Piestewa lost her life in a foreign land along with seven other heroic American soldiers from the 507th Maintenance Company, thousands of miles away from her home in northeast Arizona, and a world away from the three mesas at the heart of the Hopi history for nearly a thousand years.
