Key facts
- 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales were identified as the two U.S. soldiers killed in Jordan.
- The soldiers were supporting a U.S. mission against the Islamic State group.
- Their deaths occurred during Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks in Jordan.
- The total U.S. fatalities in the conflict with Iran have reached 17.
- Another U.S. service member died in Iraq from the detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone.
- Iranian authorities reported over 50 deaths and 500 wounded from U.S. strikes in the past three weeks.
The U.S. military on Monday identified two soldiers, 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, who were killed in Jordan while supporting a U.S. mission against the Islamic State group. The exact circumstances of their deaths remain unclear.
On Saturday, U.S. Central Command announced that two service members had died in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. The military stated that the total number of deaths in the war with Iran, which began in late February, has reached 17. These casualties underscore the lethal risks faced by U.S. soldiers deployed across the Middle East, even when not on Iranian soil, as the conflict escalates.
Separately, a U.S. service member was killed on Saturday in northern Iraq during the "controlled detonation" of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone. A second service member sustained a minor injury. Iranian authorities reported that U.S. strikes over the past three weeks have resulted in at least 50 deaths and more than 500 wounded, including eight killed in a strike on a bridge Friday. People working on ships, foreign workers, and others in Gulf nations, Israel, and Lebanon have also perished in the conflict.