WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump attended a dignified transfer of six Americans killed in an Iranian drone attack during the first weekend of fighting in the open-ended war, Trump administration officials said, would likely result in additional servicemembers' deaths.
Four of the servicemembers were part of an Iowa-based reserve unit that the Pentagon says was stationed in Kuwait. They were killed in a March 1 drone attack.
The soldiers were Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa. The U.S military says that Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, of Waukee, Iowa, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California, were also killed in the attack.
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Among the dignified transfer attendees were first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Department of National Intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard.
