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MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2003

The family of Lori Piestewa, a Hopi woman missing in action in Iraq shouldn't give up hope of finding her, relatives of other missing military service members said.

"Don't take it for granted that someone in the military is going to call you," Delores Apocada-Alfond, co-founder of the National Alliance of Families For the Return of America's Mission Servicemen, told The Gallup Independent. "Look for information."

Piestewa was reported missing a week ago on Sunday. Her family, the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation and others in Indian Country have been praying for her safe return.

Piestewa's Army unit was apparently attacked in southeast Iraq. Some members of the unit have been killed and captured. According to the Associated Press, new bodies have been found but the military has not made a positive identification.

Get the Story:
What happened to the 507th? (CNN 3/31)
Vets march for 'troops' ends in hope (The Gallup Independent 3/28)
Piestewa story shows media can be clueless (The Gallup Independent 3/28)
Missing soldier responded to El Paso 3rd-grader's letter (The El Paso Times 3/30)
MH couple once taught missing soldier (The Baxter Bulletin 3/31)
Indians historically high representation in military (AP 3/30)
Bodies of missing soldiers found (AP 3/30)

Related Stories:
Letters for Lori Piestewa (3/31)
Vigil held in Ariz. for missing Hopi soldier (3/27)
Hopi Tribe prays for return of missing soldier (3/26)
Piestewa Family Letter: Thank you for prayers (3/26)