Pentagon Identifies US Soldiers Killed in Drone Attack in Jordan

‘Still assessing what happened and how a one-way attack drone was able to impact the facility.’

(Left) Sgt. William Jerome Rivers. (Center) Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders. (Right) Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett. U.S. Army and Shawn Sanders via AP

The Pentagon has identified the three U.S. soldiers who were killed over the weekend at a military base in northeast Jordan in a drone strike allegedly carried out by an Iran-backed group.

They are: Sgt. William Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Specialist Kennedy Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia, and Specialist Breonna Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia.