serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
2001 - 2003 20px nasiriyah , iraq 23 march 2003 tuba city , arizona united states of america 507th maintenance company 30px purple heart 30px prisoner of war medal place of burial 2003 invasion of iraq 14 december 1979 kocha-hon-mana -lrb- hopi name -rrb- 20px specialist -lrb- posthumous -rrb- lori piestewa.jpg lori piestewa
 lori piestewa
lori piestewa

specialist lori ann piestewa -lrb- ; december 14 , 1979 -- march 23 , 2003 -rrb- was a u.s. army quartermaster corps soldier killed during the same iraqi army attack in which fellow soldiers shoshana johnson and jessica lynch sustained injuries .
a member of the hopi tribe , piestewa was the first native american woman in history to die in combat while serving with the u.s. military and the first woman in the u.s. armed forces killed in the 2003 invasion of iraq .
arizona 's piestewa peak is named in her honor .
