Trump Attends Dignified Transfer of Service Members Killed During Operation Epic Fury

Six US service members killed on March 1 in Kuwait returned to the States on March 7.

An Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of U.S. Army Reserve soldier Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, Minn., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, past President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump during a casualty return, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on March 7, 2026. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo

President Donald Trump stood at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware with several federal and state leaders on March 7 to pay tribute to the six fallen U.S. service members who were killed in Kuwait during Iran’s first wave of retaliation to Operation Epic Fury.

Maj. Jeffery R. O’ Brien of Iowa, Capt. Cody A. Khork of Florida, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan of California, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor of Minnesota, Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens of Nebraska, and Sgt. Declan J. Coady of Iowa were members of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 103rd Sustainment Command out of Des Moines, Iowa. They were killed in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.