Honors Are Planned for U.S. Servicewoman

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U.S. News - April 7, 2003

Honors Are Planned for U.S. Servicewoman


April 7, 2003 05:12 AM EDT


PHOENIX - Plans are in the works to honor an Army private at the nation's capital as the first known American Indian woman in the U.S. military to have been killed in combat.

Pfc. Lori Piestewa is to be featured in an exhibit set to open May 24 at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, located at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., and later at Memorial Day ceremonies there.

Piestewa was a member of the Hopi Tribe and lived near the Navajo Reservation community of Tuba City in northern Arizona. She was among eight members of the Fort Bliss, Texas-based 507th Maintenance Company ambushed in Iraq whose status was changed Friday from missing in action to killed.

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Pfcs. Lori Piestewa, right, and Jessica Lynch pose at Fort Bliss, Texas the day before their deployment to the Middle East in Feb. 2003. The Army notified the Piestewa family in Tuba City, Ariz., Friday, April 4, 2003, that they had recovered Lori's remains after rescuing Jessica, who was in Piestewa's company in Iraq. (AP Photo/courtesy Piestewa family)

[philly]

I am so proud of these young soldiers who have served their country so honorably. Their stories have brought tears to my eyes and my heart is mixed with pain and pride for them.

[Boats]

Ditto - to all trooper's world wide. Your sacrafices will provide for a better world with peace being the end result. Take care and stay safe.