Three US troops killed in drone attack on Jordan base named
by Guardian staff and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#6J7MW)
Tributes poured in as Pentagon named Georgia reservists Kennedy Sanders, William Jerome Rivers and Breonna Alexsondria Moffett as victims of attack
Three US troops who were killed in a drone strike on a US base in Jordan have been named by the Pentagon.
Sgt William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Sanders, 24, and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, died in the attack on Sunday that also injured dozens of people. It is understood to have been launched by an Iranian-backed militia mainly based in Iraq.
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