Fallen US soldier was just days away from returning home to her family

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, died in Operation Epic Fury.

Heartbreaking details now emerge about her last hours in life.

Spoke just hours before the strike

One of the American service members killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait was only days away from returning to her family, according to her grieving loved ones.

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, a mother from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, was eagerly anticipating her homecoming before she became one of six U.S. soldiers killed at Port Shuaiba on Sunday.

“She was almost home,” her heartbroken husband, Joey Amor, told CBS and added:

“You don’t go to Kuwait thinking something’s going to happen, and for her to be one of the first – it hurts.”

The couple had spoken just hours before the strike, exchanging texts about a minor mishap the night before.

“She just never responded in the morning,” Joey said, recalling that last message.

Joey Amor revealed that just a week before the deadly drone strike, Nicole Amor had been relocated off the main base into a makeshift, shipping container-style building with no protective defenses.

“They were dispersing because they were in fear that the base they were on was going to get attacked and they felt it was safer in smaller groups in separate places,” he explained.

Assigned to the Army Reserve’s 103rd Sustainment Command, Nicole had joined the National Guard in 2005 as an automated logistics specialist and transferred to the Army Reserve in 2006.

She had previously served in both Kuwait and Iraq.

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At home, Amor was known for her love of gardening and cooking. She enjoyed making homemade salsa with vegetables from her garden and spending time with her children — a high school senior son and a fourth-grade daughter.

The family shared that she loved rollerblading and biking with her daughter.

In the Army Reserve, Amor and her colleagues handled logistics, ensuring troops in the field had food and equipment. She was killed just one day after the U.S. and Israel launched the Operation Epic Fury strikes against Iran.

Those who died alongside her included Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa. The Pentagon has not yet released the names of the remaining two service members.

I’m so sorry. My deepest condolences to Nicole’s husband and children. I really have no words.

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