Pentagon identifies two soldiers killed in Iran war

LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday identified two more soldiers who were killed in the war ​against Iran.

The two Army Reserve soldiers died ‌on Sunday in a drone attack on a U.S. military facility in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait that also killed four other reservists.

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The ​Pentagon said Major Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, of Iowa, ​was killed in the attack and announced ⁠the “believed death” of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. ​Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California. Positive identification of Marzan ​will be completed by the medical examiner, the Pentagon said.

Both O’Brien and Marzan served in the 103rd Sustainment Command from ​Des Moines, Iowa, part of the Army’s global ​logistics and supply operation.

The U.S. military on Tuesday identified four soldiers ‌of ⁠the same command who also died in the drone attack, marking the first casualties of the war.

The military identified the soldiers as:

  • Captain Cody A. Khork, 35, ​of Winter Haven, ​Florida

  • Sergeant 1st ⁠Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska

  • Sergeant 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, ​39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota

  • Sergeant Declan ​J. ⁠Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa

The announcement comes as the conflict intensifies, with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete ⁠Hegseth ​saying on Wednesday that the ​U.S. “can sustain this fight easily for as long as we need to.”

Reporting by ​Christian Martinez; Editing by Donna Bryson and Sonali Paul

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