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OUT AND SUPPORT THIS TOGETHER. I MEAN, THAT’S THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE. THAT’S BETH CARLSON REPORTING IN FOREVER. REMEMBER, WE CERTAINLY WILL. AND IN IOWA AS WELL. TODAY, TWO IOWA SOLDIERS WERE LAID TO REST. MAJOR JEFFREY O’BRIEN AND SERGEANT DECLAN CODY WERE KILLED IN THE SAME IRANIAN DRONE STRIKE IN KUWAIT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ALSO GATHERED FOR AN EMOTIONAL DAY PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO THE FALLEN HEROES. MAJOR O’BRIEN’S FUNERAL WAS HELD AT 10:00 THIS MORNING AT VALLEY CHURCH IN WEST DES MOINES, SARGENT CODY’S WAS HELD AT 2 P.M. AT THE BRIDGE CHURCH IN JOHNSTON, IOWA. BOTH SERVICES WERE FOLLOWED BY A PROCESSION THAT INCLUDED THE IOWA STATE PATROL. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN IOWA, PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS. SKY IS STILL BLUE, YET IT’S A LITTLE GRAYER. THE GRASS IS STILL GREEN, BUT IT’S A LITTLE PALER. THE SUN STILL SHINES, BUT IT’S A LITTLE DIMMER. AND WE WILL ALL KEEP MOVING FORWARD, BUT JUST A LITTLE SLOWER THROUGH EVERYTHING. DECLAN STAYED POSITIVE. HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE OR A SMIRK, AND IT’S HARD TO REMEMBER A TIME WHEN HE WAS TRULY NEGATIVE. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE’VE COME TO REALIZE JUST HOW MUCH THAT QUALITY WAS SEEN AND FELT BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM. THREE OTHER SOLDIERS CAPTAIN CODY CORK, SERGEANT FIRST CLASS NICOLE AMOUR AND CHIEF WARRA
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Celebration of life service held for slain Iowa soldier Sgt. Declan Coady
Sgt. Declan Coady of West Des Moines and Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien of Waukee were killed on March 1. Both were laid to rest on Saturday, March 21.
Two Iowa soldiers killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait were laid to rest Saturday.Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, of Waukee and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines were among six soldiers killed on March 1. All were Army reservists who were part of the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command based in Des Moines.Sgt. Coady’s services were held at 2 p.m. at The Bridge in Johnston. Crandall Gall read a reflection from the family, which included memories and more about Coady.”Declan had an endless curiosity about the world,” she said. “He always wanted to learn about anything and everything. When he was away at (Army Advanced Individual Training) or on deployment, every phone call included something new he had learned about. And somehow, by the time he explained it, he sounded like an expert — like you were listening to a live Wikipedia page.”Family recalled Coady as a jack of all trades.”He did a little bit of everything,” Gall said. “He climbed, fenced, hiked, played chess, cooked, practiced archery, became scuba certified, learned to weld, sang in choir, swam, played trumpet, just to name a few.”Watch a replay of Coady’s celebration of life: ‘Endless curiosity about the world’: Family’s reflection on Sgt. Declan CoadyWATCH: Taps plays at funeral for slain Iowa soldier Sgt. Declan Coady
Two Iowa soldiers killed by an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait were laid to rest Saturday.
Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, of Waukee and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines were among six soldiers killed on March 1. All were Army reservists who were part of the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command based in Des Moines.
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Sgt. Coady’s services were held at 2 p.m. at The Bridge in Johnston.
Crandall Gall read a reflection from the family, which included memories and more about Coady.
“Declan had an endless curiosity about the world,” she said. “He always wanted to learn about anything and everything. When he was away at (Army Advanced Individual Training) or on deployment, every phone call included something new he had learned about. And somehow, by the time he explained it, he sounded like an expert — like you were listening to a live Wikipedia page.”
Family recalled Coady as a jack of all trades.
“He did a little bit of everything,” Gall said. “He climbed, fenced, hiked, played chess, cooked, practiced archery, became scuba certified, learned to weld, sang in choir, swam, played trumpet, just to name a few.”
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