The soldier and Southern Utah University graduate killed during an attack on his Jordanian base last week was returned to his family during a ceremony attended by President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
(Matt Rourke | AP) A U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan was one of three soldiers killed in an attack Friday at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. A fourth servicemember was returned to the U.S. after being killed in Iraq.
The president saluted as four transfer cases, including Feehan, were escorted off an airplane during the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base. The ritual is one of the most somber duties of a commander-in-chief.
Trump was accompanied by administration officials including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
During the ritual, transfer cases draped with the American flag and holding the remains of the fallen soldiers are carried from the military aircraft that transported them to awaiting vehicles to take them to the mortuary facility at the base. There, the service members are prepared for their final resting place.
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(Matt Rourke | AP) A U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
President Donald Trump and Defense (Julia Demaree Nikhinson | AP) Secretary Pete Hegseth salute as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
(Matt Rourke | AP) A U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
(Matt Rourke | AP) A U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
(Matt Rourke | AP) A U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson | AP) A U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, into a transfer vehicle Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson | AP) President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson | AP) President Donald Trump arrives at Dobbins Air Reserve Base with 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan's family, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Marietta, Ga.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson | AP) President Donald Trump arrives at Dobbins Air Reserve Base with 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan's family, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Marietta, Ga.
(Julia Demaree Nikhinson | AP) President Donald Trump, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, salute as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.