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Pentagon identifies two soldiers killed in Iran war

By Thomson Reuters Mar 4, 2026 | 9:08 PM

LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Wednesday identified two more soldiers who were killed in the war against ​Iran.

The two Army Reserve soldiers died on ‌Sunday in a drone attack on a U.S. military facility in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait that also killed four other reservists.

The Pentagon said Major Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, ‌of ​Iowa, was killed in ⁠the attack and announced ⁠the “believed death” of Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California. Positive identification of Marzan will be completed by ​the medical examiner, the Pentagon said.

Both O’Brien and Marzan served in the 103rd Sustainment ⁠Command from Des Moines, ⁠Iowa, part of the Army’s global ​logistics and supply operation.

The U.S. military on Tuesday ​identified four soldiers of the same command ‌who also died in the drone attack, marking the first casualties of the war.

The military identified the soldiers as:

The announcement comes ​as the ⁠conflict intensifies, with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying on Wednesday that the U.S. “can sustain this fight easily for as long as we need to.”

(Reporting by Christian Martinez; Editing by Donna Bryson and ​Sonali Paul)