A Minnesotan is among the service members who have been killed in the Iran war, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday.
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, was assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, lowa.
Amor was one of four Army Reserve soldiers killed Sunday when a drone hit a command center in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. That was just a day after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, which has launched retaliatory strikes.
The other Reserve soldiers killed were Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska and Spc. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, lowa.
In total, the U.S. military has confirmed six deaths of American service members.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, in a statement, said Amor was assigned to “Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), United States Army Reserve, Des Moines, Iowa. Sergeant First Class Amor’s husband and children reside in White Bear Lake.”
“John and I join with people across our state and our country in mourning Sgt. First Class Nicole Amor of White Bear Lake,” Klobuchar said. “Our hearts are with her family, loved ones, and all those in our armed forces. Sgt. Amor made the ultimate sacrifice serving our nation, and we are forever indebted to her.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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