Lori Piestewa

Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa (1980-2003) was an Army soldier who was killed during the same Iraqi Army attack in which her friend Jessica Lynch was injured. She was a native of Tuba City.

Piestewa was the first Native American killed in the 2003 Iraq war. Because of that, many entities have either honored or wanted to honor her memory with memorials, etc. Members of Arizona's government proposed to name the Squak Peak area the Piestewa Peak, and senator Tom Daschle paid her honor, as did Indian Nations across America. A scholarship fund was set in her name, and the Grand Canyon Games organizers announced they will hold, from July 17 to July 20, the first Lori Piestewa National Native American Games, which will bring participants from as far as Alaska and Hawaii to Arizona.

Piestewa's parents went to visit Jessica Lynch to the hospital almost as soon as Lynch arrived in the United States.

Piestewa left behind two kids.