Seventeen U.S. service members were killed in a recent attack, according to Department of Defense officials. Among those identified are Sgt. Declan Coady and Capt. Cody Khork.
Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, from Des Moines, Iowa, was an Army information technology specialist who joined the Army Reserve in 2023. He was attending classes virtually while stationed in Kuwait. Coady was posthumously promoted from specialist to sergeant. He received the Army Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Ribbon, and the Overseas Service Ribbon.
Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida, enlisted in the National Guard in 2009. He served as a multiple launch rocket system/fire direction specialist before becoming a military police officer in the Army Reserve. Khork had previously been deployed to Saudi Arabia, Guantanamo Bay, and Poland.