The Department of War identified on Tuesday four of the six U.S. service members killed in Iran’s retaliatory attacks in response to the U.S. and Israeli strikes against the country this weekend.
The Pentagon identified the four fallen Army Reserve soldiers as Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39; and Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20. The DOW statement said they died on March 1 in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, during a drone strike and that the incident is under investigation.
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Six U.S. service members have died so far as a result of Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and U.S. facilities in the Middle East. The four identified Army Reserve soldiers were each from the 103rd Sustainment Command of Des Moines, Iowa. They were from Winter Haven, Florida; Bellevue, Nebraska; White Bear Lake, Minnesota; and West Des Moines, Iowa, respectively.
