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Archive Home > 2008 > April > 11 > Phoenix peak renamed for soldier

Phoenix peak renamed for soldier

Lori Piestewa, an American Indian, died in combat in Iraq in 2003

By Amanda Lee Myers / The Bulletin
April 11, 2008

PHOENIX — A federal panel on Thursday officially renamed a Phoenix mountain for the first American Indian woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military, ending one of the country’s most contentious fights over a place name.

Less than a month after Army Spc. Lori....

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