With an Iowa National Guard soldier in the foreground, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (from left), Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn, Iowa National Guard Command Senior Enlisted Leader Sgt. Maj. Matthew Strasser, Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, and Iowa U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn observe the honorable transfer of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in action in Syria on Dec. 24, 2025, at the Des Moines International Airport.
The Pentagon has officially confirmed the identity of a U.S. Army Reserve soldier killed in a drone attack in Kuwait earlier this month — an Army reservist who previously lived in West Des Moines — bringing to three the number of victims in the attack with ties to Iowa.
This 2025 photo shows Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Spotsylvania, Va., who was killed in a March 1 during a drone attack in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. The Army reservist formerly lived in West Des Moines.
Transfer vans containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve soldiers Maj. Jeffrey O'Brien, 45, of Waukee, Iowa, Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, and four other soldiers arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday, March 7, 2025, after they were killed in a drone strike on a command center in Kuwait on March 1. The Pentagon on Wednesday confirmed the identity of one of the soldiers as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Spotsylvania, Va., formerly of West Des Moines.
This 2025 photo shows Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Spotsylvania, Va., who was killed in a March 1 during a drone attack in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. The Army reservist formerly lived in West Des Moines.
With an Iowa National Guard soldier in the foreground, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (from left), Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn, Iowa National Guard Command Senior Enlisted Leader Sgt. Maj. Matthew Strasser, Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, and Iowa U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn observe the honorable transfer of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in action in Syria on Dec. 24, 2025, at the Des Moines International Airport.
Transfer vans containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve soldiers Maj. Jeffrey O'Brien, 45, of Waukee, Iowa, Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, and four other soldiers arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday, March 7, 2025, after they were killed in a drone strike on a command center in Kuwait on March 1. The Pentagon on Wednesday confirmed the identity of one of the soldiers as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Spotsylvania, Va., formerly of West Des Moines.