Pentagon Announces Seventh U.S. Death in War With Iran

Source: NYT

Another American service member has died in the war with Iran, the Pentagon said on Sunday, bringing the number of American troops killed in the conflict to seven.

The service member, who was not publicly identified while the military notifies relatives, was seriously injured on March 1 when Iran struck a Saudi military base where American troops were stationed, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The service member died from those injuries while military health officials were preparing a transfer for more advanced medical care at an U.S. military hospital in Germany, officials said.

On Saturday, President Trump witnessed the return of the bodies of the first six Americans killed in the war in a solemn ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The six Army Reservists were killed after an Iranian drone strike Sunday at Shuaiba port in Kuwait.

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