The Pentagon on Tuesday named four of the six U.S. soldiers killed by an Iranian drone attack, painting a poignant picture of everyday reservists from Florida, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa who answered the call to keep troops fed, fueled, and fighting.
The fallen — all members of the Army Reserve’s 103rd Sustainment Command based in Des Moines, Iowa — died March 1 when an Iranian unmanned aircraft slammed into a tactical operations center at Port Shuaiba, a key logistics hub in Kuwait. They were among the first American casualties of “Operation Epic Fury,” the U.S.-led campaign that began with strikes on Iran’s leadership just days earlier.
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