The Pentagon has identified four of the six U.S. service members killed in the first attacks on Iran.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
The Pentagon has released the names of four U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in Kuwait during the first attacks on Iran this past weekend.
A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:
Sergeant 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42 years old, of Bellevue, Nebraska; 39-year-old Sergeant 1st Class Nicole M. Amor of White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
MARTIN: Captain Cody A. Khork, 35 years old, of Winter Haven, Florida; and 20-year-old Sergeant Declan J. Coady of West Des Moines, Iowa.
MARTÍNEZ: They died Sunday during an unmanned aircraft system attack. The names of two other fallen service members have not yet been made public.
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