Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who was 25, had been deployed to an air base in Jordan when enemy missiles and drones lit up the sky. He is among the 18 Americans who have died since the war began.
So far, 18 U.S. service members have been killed during the Iran war.
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
The soldier killed during the controlled detonation of a downed drone in Iraq last week was Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, the Pentagon said.
The Pentagon on Monday identified the two American soldiers killed in an Iranian attack in Jordan over the weekend as 1st Lt. Tyler Feehan and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales. Gonzales was killed in action on Friday, while Feehan was killed in action the next day, amid an Iranian attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base — a Royal Jordanian Air Force base that Iran has frequently targeted amid its recent renewal of hostilities with the U.S. Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5977739-iranian-attack-kills-two-us-soldiers/ #Iran #IranWar #Pentagon #Hegseth #Trump #Military
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, the 17th service member to be named, was killed during the disposal of a drone in northern Iraq.
We look at the American casualties in the war with Iran.
The Pentagon identified two active-duty Army soldiers killed in Jordan late last week. A third service member is missing after the attack, officials said.
The soldiers' deaths bring the total number of U.S. service members killed during the war in Iran to 17.