Three U.S. soldiers killed in Jordan attack were stationed at Fort Moore
Three United States service members were killed in the line of duty in the Middle East, according to officials.
Federal officials confirmed three service members were killed in Jordan, a country in West Asia, over the weekend when an unmanned aerial drone impacted their container housing units. The attack occurred at the logistics support base located at Tower 22 of the Jordanian Defense Network.
Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia.; Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia.; and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia, were identified as the deceased members.
Rivers, Sanders and Moffett were assigned to the 718th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, Fort Moore, Ga.
34 others were injured in the attack. This remains a developing story.
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