Jeffrey R. O’Brien, age 45, from Dallas County Waukee, Iowa .
Service era: Iran
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 2026
Death details: Died in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait during an unmanned aircraft system attack.
Source: Department of Defense, New York Times (2026)
Declan J. Coady, age 20, from Polk County Des Moines, Iowa .
Service era: Iran
Schools: Drake University
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 2026
Death details: Died in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait during an unmanned aircraft system attack.
Source: Department of Defense, New York Times (2026)
William Nathaniel Howard, age 29, from Tama County Marshalltown, Iowa .
Spouse: Arianna Howard
Service era: Post war on terror
Schools: Marshalltown High (2014)
Date of death: Sunday, December 14, 2025
Death details: Killed in a terrorist attack by a ISIS gunman in Palmyra, Syria
Source: Times Republican (2025), Associated Press (2025)
Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, age 25, from Polk County Des Moines, Iowa .
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Sunday, December 14, 2025
Death details: Killed in a terrorist attack by a ISIS gunman in Palmyra, Syria
Source: Times Republican (2025), Associated Press (2025)
Jacob Atchison, age 19, from Marion County Pella, Iowa .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: 197th Infantry Brigade
Date of death: Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Death details: Died during the last days of basic training in Fort Moore, Georgia.
Source: Millitary.com, Des Moines Register (2023)
Mason Webber, age 22, from Marion, Iowa, Linn county.
Parents: Tonya Grefe
Spouse: Kayle Webber (March 2019)
Children: Kayle pregnant at time of death
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, September 5, 2019
Source: KCRG, Legacy
Adam F. Wolff, age 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Friday, June 20, 2014
Death details: Killed during combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Deric M. Rasmussen, age 33, from Storm Lake, Iowa.
Parents: Philip and Diane Rasmussen
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Storm Lake High (1999)
Military history: Company C, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Sunday, May 11, 2014
Death details: Died in Mazar E. Sharif, Afghanistan after a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense
Steven P. Blass, age 27, from Estherville, Iowa, Emmet county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Son
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. Enlisted in the Army in 2006.
Date of death: Monday, March 11, 2013
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan in a helicopter crash that killed Staff Sgt. Steven P. Blass, Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Henderson, Capt. Sara M. Knutson, Staff Sgt. Marc A. Scialdo, Spc. Zachary L. Shannon.
Source: Department of Defense, Omaha World Herald, Military Times
Brandon L. Buttry, age 19, from Shenandoah, Iowa, Page county.
Parents: Don and Petty Buttry
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Home schooled
Military history: 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Date of death: Monday, November 5, 2012
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Rose Hill
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Des Moines Register