Lori Piestewa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American soldier
Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1979
Place of Birth: Tuba City, Arizona, United States
Date of Death: 30-Mar-2003
Profession: soldier
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Lori Piestewa
- Lori Ann Piestewa ( py-ES-t?-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 Jessica Lynch were injured.
- A member of the Hopi tribe, Piestewa was the first Native American woman in history 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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