The War Department on Monday identified Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas, and 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, as the American troops killed following Iran’s missile attack on Friday on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, east of Amman.
Gonzales was just 19. Feehan was 25.
Another American service member was killed Saturday in northern Iraq during what CENTCOM called a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. A second service member suffered a minor injury.
The War Department has not publicly identified that fallen service member.
The Pentagon’s announcement came after a ninth consecutive night of American airstrikes against Iran, a campaign President Trump said was being carried out in honor of the troops lost in the fight.
“Well, we feel very badly, but you know those great people, those great patriots, were out there fighting that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews after returning from the World Cup final in New Jersey.
Trump argued that the sustained American assault has left Tehran’s military badly wounded and the United States firmly in control of the Strait of Hormuz.
“Iran has been very, very badly damaged. They’ve lost everything almost militarily,” Trump said. “They’ve got very little left. They’ve got some missiles. They’ve got some drones. They’ve got some manufacturing ability, not much. We control the Strait; they don’t control anything. So we’ll see what happens.”
President Trump: “Those great people. Those great patriots were out there fighting that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Iran has been very, very badly damaged… They’ve lost everything almost militarily. They got some missiles. They’ve got some drones… We control the Strait.… pic.twitter.com/ZGwn1IacHe
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