WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Two young citizen-soldiers who became close friends after enlisting in the Army Reserve were remembered at funerals in southeast Georgia on Saturday, nearly three weeks after they died in a drone attack while deployed to the Middle East.
Kennedy Sanders was held in the packed 1,200-seat auditorium of Ware County Middle School in Waycross.
The soldiers were among three members of their Army Reserve unit who died Jan. 28 in a drone strike on a U.S. base in Jordan near the Syrian border.
According to the Army Reserve, Moffett and Sanders both enlisted in 2019 as construction engineers who use bulldozers and other heavy equipment to clear roads and construction sites.
She joined the Army Reserve after graduating from Windsor Forest High School, where she had been a drum major and JROTC cadet.
Persons:
Kennedy Sanders, Sanders, Col, Jeffrey Dulgarian, “, ” Sanders, Mandy Lingenfelter, ” Lingenfelter, Jesus, Breonna Moffett, Moffett’s, Jan, William Jerome Rivers, Moffett's, Francine Moffett, Moffett, children's, Oneida Oliver
Organizations:
Army Reserve, Ware County Middle School, Atlanta Journal, Gators, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, Moffett, Palsy, Windsor Forest High School, Hamas
Locations:
Georgia, Ware, Waycross, Ware County, Savannah, U.S, Jordan, Syrian, Carrollton, Fort Moore, Iran, Israel, Syria