Three Georgia-Based U.S. Soldiers Killed in Jordan Drone Strike

President Biden to Attend Transfer of Bodies, Promises Response to Attack

Three U.S. Army Reserve soldiers from Georgia were killed in a drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan, near the Syrian border. They were identified as Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, GA; Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, GA; and Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, GA.
President Joe Biden has spoken to all of the families of the deceased soldiers and plans to attend the dignified transfer of the bodies on Friday at Dover Air Force Base.
Both Spc. Kennedy Sanders and Spc. Breonna Moffett were posthumously promoted to the rank of sergeant.
The drone strike, which also injured more than 40 other U.S. service members, is the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in the Middle East since an ISIS bomb killed four American soldiers in 2019.
The U.S. Defense Department has pointed to Iranian proxies as the culprits for the attack, though Iran has denied involvement. President Biden has promised the U.S. will respond.