Four U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers Identified Among First American Casualties in Iran War

The United States military on Tuesday released the identities of four of the first American service members killed in the escalating war with Iran, as officials warned that further casualties are likely amid intensifying hostilities.

The four soldiers were members of the U.S. Army Reserve and served with the 103rd Sustainment Command, based in Des Moines. They were among six U.S. military personnel confirmed dead so far in the conflict.

According to the Pentagon, the soldiers were killed on Sunday when a drone struck a U.S. military installation in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. The victims ranged in age from 20 to 42 and were part of the Army’s global logistics and supply operations.

The military identified the fallen soldiers as:

Captain Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven

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

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

Sergeant Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines

Coady, who enlisted in 2023, was posthumously promoted from specialist.

In a statement, Major General Todd Erskine, commander of the 79th Theater Sustainment Command, expressed his condolences, extending “my deepest sympathy and my respect” to the families and fellow service members of the deceased.

Most of the soldiers had prior overseas deployments. Khork had served in Saudi Arabia in 2018, at Guantanamo Bay in 2021, and in Poland in 2024. Amor previously deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in 2019. Tietjens had earlier deployments to Kuwait in 2009 and 2019.

President Donald Trump and other senior officials have cautioned that additional American military deaths could occur as Iran continues retaliatory strikes following joint U.S.-Israeli operations.

The U.S. Central Command reported Tuesday that Iran has launched more than 500 ballistic missiles and over 2,000 drones across the Middle East in response to the strikes, significantly widening the scope of the conflict.