{"id":12540,"date":"2026-07-21T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12540"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:12:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:12:49","slug":"the-seventeen-u-s-service-members-killed-in-the-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12540","title":{"rendered":"The Seventeen U.S. Service Members Killed in the Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<p><h2 id=\"declan-coady\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 font-editorial text-black-coffee text-mobile-h2 lg:scroll-mt-28 lg:text-h2 mb-4\">Declan Coady<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Sgt. Declan Coady was 20 and lived in Des Moines, Iowa, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usar.army.mil\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/4420517\/immediate-press-release-fallen-heroes\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Army Reserve<\/a>. Coady, who was a student at Drake University, joined the Army Reserve in 2023, working as an Army information technology specialist. He received several accolades for his service, including the Army Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Ribbon, and the Overseas Service Ribbon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Coady had been attending classes virtually while stationed in Kuwait, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-soldiers-who-died-iran-war-46f54df716fe1c5290363da0a15f99f3\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">AP<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">He died on March 1 in the attack in Kuwait, the Pentagon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/4420475\/dow-identifies-army-casualties\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">said<\/a>. Coady was promoted from specialist to sergeant posthumously, according to the Army Reserve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cI still don\u2019t fully think it\u2019s real,\u201d his sister told the AP. \u201cI just remember all of our conversations about what he was going to do when he came back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 id=\"cody-khork\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 font-editorial text-black-coffee text-mobile-h2 lg:scroll-mt-28 lg:text-h2 mb-4\">Cody Khork<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Capt. Cody Khork, 35, lived in Winter Haven, Florida, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usar.army.mil\/News\/News-Display\/Article\/4421439\/update-immediate-release-fallen-heroes\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Army Reserve<\/a>. He enlisted in the National Guard in 2009, serving as a multiple launch rocket system\/fire direction specialist. Five years later, he began working as a military police officer in the Army Reserve. He was later deployed to Saudi Arabia, Guantanamo Bay, and Poland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Declan Coady Sgt. Declan Coady was 20 and lived in Des Moines, Iowa, according to the\u00a0Army Reserve. 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