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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2003

Lori Ann Piestewa, the first U.S. servicewoman killed in action in Iraq, was a "easy-go-lucky" girl who loved shrimp, lobster and Mexican food, her mother tells The Arizona Republic.

"She had an expensive taste for a rez child," Percy Piestewa said of her youngest daughter.

Piestewa, 23, a member of the Hopi Tribe, was killed after her Army unit was ambushed by Iraqi soldiers on March 23.

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Piestewa family says snow was message (The Arizona Republic 4/9)
More flags at half-staff (The Arizona Daily Sun 4/9)
Governor offers Piestewa family condolences (The Gallup Independent 4/8)
Hutchison salutes fallen Bliss soldiers in Senate (The El Paso Times 4/9)

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