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Army Reserve Major killed in Middle East returns home to Polk County
Major Cody Khork was killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait; his homecoming includes a law enforcement procession and burial with military honors.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Army Reserve Major Cody A. Khork's remains arrived in Polk County around 1 p.m. at Lakeland Linder International Airport before law enforcement escorted them to Oak Ridge Funeral Home in Winter Haven.
- An Iranian drone reportedly struck a U.S. Army facility in Kuwait, killing Khork among six servicemembers assigned to the Iowa-based 103rd Sustainment Command during regional escalation in the Middle East.
- Sheriff Grady Judd said, "From the time he arrives in Polk County until we take him to Bushnell, he will not be by himself. 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, there will be a deputy standing guard, because it's the right thing." The procession will travel through W. Pipkin Road, Ingraham Avenue and Memorial Boulevard, with traffic stopped or congested for about two hours.
- Visitation is scheduled for Saturday, March 21, from 11 a.m. until noon at the Winter Haven Worship Center, followed by burial with military honors at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell on Monday, March 23.
- Khork was promoted posthumously to Major and remembered as a hometown hero; his family established the Captain Cody A. Khork Scholarship at Florida Southern College, while organizers launched a $65,000 fundraising goal to help fellow soldiers and families attend services.
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