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Memorial for Lori Piestewa

(Kevin Tripp/KTAR) The Piestewas, Jessica Lynch and her baby Dakota and Shoshana Johnson at the sunrise service. (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) Piestewa Peak (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) The Piestewa family at the sunrise service. (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) Piestewa's friends Jessica Lynch and Shoshana Johnson were at the ceremony, just like they are every year. (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) Former POW Jessica Lynch, right, embraces Terry Piestewa at a memorial in Phoenix for Lynch's fallen comrade Lori Piestewa in this March 23, 2005 file photo. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted Thursday April 10, 2008 to officially change the name of a prominent Phoenix mountain to Piestewa Peak to honor Lori Piestewa, the first American Indian woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Matt York) Mary Kim Titla, who was today's master of ceremonies, said Piestewa died a warrior. (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) Veterans marched in honor of Lori Piestewa at a sunrise service to remember her at Piestewa Peak. (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) Lori Piestewa died 5 years ago when the 507th Maintence Company was ambushed in Nasiriya. Piestewa Peak, formerly known as Squaw Peak, was renamed after her. (Kevin Tripp/KTAR) Downtown Phoenix is backdropped by what was formerly called Squaw Peak, rear right, in this April 16, 2003 file photo. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted Thursday April 10, 2008 to officially change the name of the prominent Phoenix mountain to Piestewa Peak to honor Army Spc. Lori Piestewa, the first American Indian woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military in Iraq, 2003. (AP Photo/Matt York,File)