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Three Army Reserve Soldiers Linked To Fort Moore Killed In Jordan

Staff Reporter
Three Georgia-based Soldiers identified as Spc. Breonna Moffett (left), Spc. Kennedy Sanders (center), and Sgt. William Jerome Rivers (right) were killed in a drone attack on a US Military facility in Jordan on Sunday. (photo Courtesy of- US Army Reserve)
FORT MOORE, GA- The Pentagon has released the identities of three US Army soldiers that were killed when Iranian backed militants attacked living quarters on a small logistics base in the country of Jordan near the Syrian border on Sunday. All the soldiers that were killed in the attack are natives of the State of Georgia and linked to a unit based at Fort Moore near Columbus.

On Monday, the Pentagon identified the causalities as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Ga; Spc. Kennedy Landon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Ga; and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Ga. The three were assigned to the 718th Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade at Fort Moore (Fort Benning), Georgia.

The Department of Defense says the three Army Reserve soldiers were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve at Tower 22 in Jordan. The attack not only claimed the life of the three US service members but also left more than two dozen other US soldiers injured. Of the military personnel that was injured US Central Command has said that eight had injuries severe enough to need evacuation from Jordan. The injured soldiers are being transported to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for follow-up care.

The attack on the small base in Jordan came as Iran-backed militants attacked living quarters at the small logistics base. The attack is just one of 165 that have come against American military posts in the Middle East since October 17, 2023. Those attacks have left more than 80 US soldiers injured, not including those injured in the attack on Sunday. The deadly attack on Sunday marks the first American causalities since the attacks by mostly Iranian backed militants have occurred.

In a statement on Sunday shortly following the attacks US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said,

I am outraged and deeply saddened by the deaths of three of our U.S. service members and the wounding of other American troops in an attack last night against U.S. and Coalition forces, who were deployed to a site in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border to work for the lasting defeat of ISIS. These brave Americans and their families are in my prayers, and the entire Department of Defense mourns their loss.

Iran-backed militias are responsible for these continued attacks on U.S. forces, and we will respond at a time and place of our choosing.

The President and I will not tolerate attacks on American forces, and we will take all necessary actions to defend the United States, our troops, and our interests.

President Joe Biden has been briefed on the attack and has stated that the United States will respond. The nature of that response has not yet been released, but the President is facing mounting pressure from opponents and proponents in DC to respond to the loss of American life, with some calling for direct attacks on Iran, which many fear could cause a wider conflict in the region as tensions continue to mount in Israel.

On Monday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp expressed his sympathy on the loss of the Georgia based military members in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account.



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