Pfcs. Lori Piestewa, right, and Jessica Lynch pose at Fort Bliss, Tx., the day before their deployment to the Middle East in Feb
Date/Time: Sun 06 Apr 2003 06:34:18 AM EDT
Pfcs. Lori Piestewa, right, and Jessica Lynch pose at Fort Bliss, Tx., the day before their deployment to the Middle East in Feb. 2003. Photo courtesy of Piestewa family via Associated Press
Former prisoner of war Patrick Miller, who served with the late Army Spec. Lori Piestewa
Date/Time: Thu 23 Mar 2006 08:34:37 AM EST
Former prisoner of war Patrick Miller, who served with the late Army Spec. Lori Piestewa, is comforted at Thursday's memorial service by Lori's mother, Percy Piestewa
Terry and Percy Piestewa, the parents of fallen soldier Lori Piestewa
Date: 04/01/2006
Terry and Percy Piestewa, the parents of fallen soldier Lori Piestewa, attend a ceremony for their daughter Thursday. Jessica Lynch (far left), Piestewa's best friend and fellow comrade, was among former POWs who attended the ceremony.
Private Lori Piestewa became the first Native American woman to die in combat on foreign soil.
Date: 04/01/2006
Lori's children, Carla and Brandon
Lori's children, Carla and Brandon, honor their mother on the anniversary of her death. (Roy Dabner/AP)
Date: 04/01/2006
Lori's children, Carla and Brandon, honor their mother on the anniversary of her death. (Roy Dabner/AP)
Archie Ortiz, junior vice commander for Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War, salutes a photo of Pfc. Lori Piestewa
Archie Ortiz, junior vice commander for Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War, salutes a photo of Pfc. Lori Piestewa after placing a POW/MIA flag next to the display at Basha's in Tuba City, Ariz., Saturday, April 5, 2003. Piestewa's missing in acti
Date: 04/01/2006
Archie Ortiz, junior vice commander for Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War, salutes a photo of Pfc. Lori Piestewa after placing a POW/MIA flag next to the display at Basha's in Tuba City, Ariz., Saturday, April 5, 2003. Piestewa's missing in action status was changed to killed in action after her body was found and identified along with seven other U. S. soldiers from the 507th Maintenance Company following a raid in Iraq.
A portrait of Army Spc. Lori Piestewa, the first American servicewoman killed in the Iraq war, hangs in the background
A portrait of Army Spc. Lori Piestewa, the first American servicewoman killed in the Iraq war, hangs in the background as her mother, Percy Piestewa, left, and former POW Jessica Lynch look on at a memorial service in Phoenix on Wednesday. Mar. 23, 2005[b
Date: 05/06/2007
A portrait of Army Spc. Lori Piestewa, the first American servicewoman killed in the Iraq war, hangs in the background as her mother, Percy Piestewa, left, and former POW Jessica Lynch look on at a memorial service in Phoenix on Wednesday. Mar. 23, 2005
Family and friends mourn Army Spc. Lori Ann Piestewa during a memorial dedication ceremony at White Sands Missile Range
Family and friends mourn Army Spc. Lori Ann Piestewa during a memorial dedication ceremony at White Sands Missile Range
Date: 05/07/2007
Family and friends mourn Army Spc. Lori Ann Piestewa during a memorial dedication ceremony at White Sands Missile Range Nov 4, 2003. Piestewa, a 23 - year old Hopi Native American from Tuba City, Ariz., was the first American servicewomen killed in action in Operation Iraqi Freedom. From left are her Army roommate, former POW Jessica Lynch, her mother Pricilla "Percy" Piestewa, and her children Carla 4 and Brandon 5. Piestewa and Lymch were among members of the 507th Maintenance Company from Fort Bliss Texas, ambushed near Nasiriyah, Iraq on March 23, 2003. The missile range planted a bur oak on the lawn of the enlisted soldiers barracks in Piestewa's memory.
