Pentagon identifies final two US soldiers killed in drone strike in Kuwait

The Pentagon has publicly identified the two remaining US service members who were killed in a drone strike in Kuwait on March 1, completing the identification of all six American personnel who died in the attack.

In a statement released late Tuesday, cited by CNN, the Pentagon said the two soldiers were Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California. Both, like the four service members previously identified, were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, a US Army Reserve unit based in Iowa.

According to the Pentagon, Marzan is still awaiting final positive identification by a medical examiner. However, officials said he was present at the scene of the drone strike at the port of Shuaiba and is believed to have been killed in the attack.

CNN previously reported that the recovery of O’Brien and Marzan took longer than that of the other victims due to the condition of the building that was struck during the attack.

Both soldiers had been serving in support of the 1st Theatre Sustainment Command, which is responsible for overseeing the resupply and sustainment of US forces across the Middle East.

Earlier, the Pentagon had identified the other four US service members killed in the March 1 Iranian drone strike as Capt. Cody Khork, 35; Sgt. Declan Coady, 20; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39; and Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42.

All six were members of the US Army Reserve assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command.

By Tamilla Hasanova