Pentagon identifies Army reservists killed in drone attack on US base in Jordan

The Pentagon announced the identities of three Army Reservists killed in a Sunday drone attack on Tower 22 in Jordan.

The Pentagon on Monday announced the names of the three Army reservists killed in the drone attack over the weekend on a U.S. base in Jordan near the border with Syria.

Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh announced the names at a briefing Monday afternoon: 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.

Rivers enlisted in the Army Reserve as an Interior Electrician in 2011, according to a statement from the Army Reserve Command. He completed a 9-month rotation to Iraq in 2018 as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, for which he received the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal with Campaign Star -- just one of many awards and decorations received during his years of service.

Patrick Simmons, godfather and cousin to Sanders, told ABC affiliate WJCL that Sanders was "very outgoing," saying she "loved to work with young kids. She was a basketball coach at the middle school -- always had a big smile, big heart.”

"A young lady that had a lot of a lot of dreams and goals," Simmons said.