{"id":1843,"date":"2026-03-04T01:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/?p=1843"},"modified":"2026-03-04T01:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:43:20","slug":"breaking-news-four-u-s-heroes-fall-in-kuwait-a-nation-honors-their-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/?p=1843","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Four U.S. Heroes Fall in Kuwait \u2014 A Nation Honors Their Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four U.S. Army Reserve soldiers have been killed in action in Kuwait during the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the Pentagon confirmed in an official announcement today.See More&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> \ufffc<\/p>\n<p>All four served with the 103rd Sustainment Command based in Des Moines, Iowa and were supporting Operation Epic Fury when their unit was struck by an Iranian drone attack at a command post in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait on March 1, 2026.  \ufffc<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense has identified the fallen service members as:<br \/>\n\u2022 Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida<br \/>\n\u2022 Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska<br \/>\n\u2022 Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota<br \/>\n\u2022 Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa &#x1fa96;  \ufffc<\/p>\n<p>Officials say these deaths are among the first American military fatalities of the Iran-related conflict and mark a solemn moment as the U.S. and its allies continue operations in the region.  \ufffc<\/p>\n<p>Family members, military leaders, and community officials across the United States have offered prayers and tributes to honor their bravery and sacrifice.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four U.S. Army Reserve soldiers have been killed in action in Kuwait during the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the Pentagon confirmed in an official announcement today.See More&#8230; \ufffc All four served with the 103rd Sustainment Command based in Des Moines, Iowa and were supporting Operation Epic Fury when their unit was struck by an Iranian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1845,"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1843\/revisions\/1845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shockdaily.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}