US military identifies third service member killed in Iranian attack on Jordan base
Summary
The US military confirmed a third service member died in an Iranian missile and drone attack on a base in Jordan. The total number of US deaths related to the ongoing conflict now stands at 18, with renewed fighting continuing between the US and Iran in the Middle East.Key Facts
- Sgt Angel S Rampersad, 28, from New York, is identified as the third US soldier killed in the attack on a base in Jordan.
- Two other soldiers killed in the Jordan attack are 1st Lt Tyler James Feehan, 25, from Hawaii, and Pvt Isabella Gonzales, 19, from Texas.
- The soldiers died from Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks, marking the first US troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the war started.
- Sgt Rampersad and Pvt Gonzales served in the 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command based in Germany.
- Another US soldier, Sgt Michael Emmanuel Swinton from North Carolina, died in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone.
- The US and Iran have exchanged multiple strikes for ten days, affecting US allies and killing civilians in the region.
- Iranian officials report at least 50 killed and over 500 wounded from recent US strikes.
- The conflict has damaged civilian infrastructure and impacted workers in Gulf countries, Israel, and Lebanon.
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