On Saturday, President\u00a0Donald Trump attended the dignified transfer of six American service members killed so far by Iran in Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White House\u00a0press secretary Karoline Leavitt first announced the news during her Wednesday press briefing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPresident Trump intends to attend the dignified transfer of these American heroes to stand in grief alongside their families,\u201d she said during the White House press briefing<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Four of the six have been identified: Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; and Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa. All four died Saturday in Kuwait from an Iranian drone attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The service members, who were killed in a make-shift office space at a civilian port in Kuwait, will be transported to the United States at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sean Parnell, the Pentagon\u2019s chief spokesperson, described the site as a \u201csecure facility fortified with 6-foot walls,\u201d in a Tuesday post<\/a> on social platform X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n