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The U.S. Department of Defense identifies Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California, assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, Des Moines, as the casualty from the March 1, 2026 incident in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait; positive identification will be completed by the medical examiner.
Two Army Reserve soldiers have been identified as Major Jeffrey R. O’Brien and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, both of the 103rd Sustainment Command, killed in an unmanned aircraft system attack in Kuwait during Operation Epic Fury; medical examiner identifications will finalize the process. The Pentagon previously cited four U.S. soldiers killed in the same operation, amid wider tensions after the US-Israel campaign against Iran and ensuing Iranian retaliation.
At least six American service members were killed as the U.S.–Iran confrontation escalated, including four Army Reserve soldiers from Des Moines's 103rd Sustainment Command—Capt. Cody A. Khork, Sgt. Nicole M. Amor, Sgt. Declan J. Coady, and Sgt. Noah L. Tietjens—killed in an unmanned aircraft system attack on a Kuwait port; two other service members were killed but not yet identified. The Department of Defense praised the fallen and investigations into the attack are underway.
The Pentagon has identified four of the six U.S. service members killed in an Iranian drone strike that hit a temporary operations center at Kuwait’s Port of Shuaiba; Capt. Cody Khork, 35; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39; and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20—all from the 103rd Sustainment Command (Army Reserve) based in Iowa. The two other service members killed have not yet been named. Eighteen service members have been wounded in the broader conflict; Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned more casualties could follow.