President Donald Trump on Wednesday plans to attend the dignified transfer of four U.S. service members killed in the Middle East. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Trump will be at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware when the remains of the troops killed in action are returned to their families, the White House said. The ritual is one of the most somber duties of a commander-in-chief. It will be the third that Trump has attended since he launched the war in Iran in February.
Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Iranian missile and drone attacks in Jordan will be returned during the dignified transfer, according to an administration official who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The remains of a third service member who is believed to be the soldier missing after the Jordan attacks will also be returned, the official said, as well as the remains of a soldier killed in Iraq during a detonation of an Iranian drone.
"I'll be going to Dover for something that I feel is — it's a great honor for me to do it," Trump said in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
The soldiers killed in Jordan were identified by the Defense Department as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas. The soldier who disappeared after the Jordan attacks and is now believed to be dead has not yet been named.