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A young soldier dressed in a camouflage uniform and wearing dark glasses stands for a portrait before an American flag.
Brent Newton
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Courtesy U.S. Army Reserve
Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, died on the second day of the war with Iran when his unit in Kuwait was struck by an Iranian drone.

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