The three US service members killed in the weekend drone attack in Jordan were identified Monday — and all came from the same military unit in Georgia, officials said.
Sgt. William Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Spc. Brianna Moffatt, 23, of Savannah, and Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross were slain in the Saturday night attack by Iranian-backed militants on a small outpost near the Syrian border.
The three served in the 718th Engineer Company, the 926th Engineer Battalion, and the 926th Engineer Brigade, based out of Fort Moore in Georgia.
They were killed when the armed drone hit their housing unit, US officials said.
Sanders was first identified Monday by her family members, who affectionately called her “Munchkin” in a heart-wrenching post on Facebook.
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