Service members killed in Jordan attack were US Army air defense soldiers, Pentagon says

The Pentagon on Monday identified the two active-duty Army soldiers killed in Jordan late last week as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19.

They were serving at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base when it came under Iranian attack on Friday. The Defense Department is investigating, according to a statement.

The strike may have also killed a third service member, who was reported missing after the attack, according to U.S. Central Command. Officials on Sunday said they had found remains near the site and are working to verify their identity.

Feehan, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Gonzales, of Carrollton, Texas, was assigned to 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command in Ansbach, Germany.

The attack marks the first U.S. hostile deaths since March and brings the total number of troops killed in the war with Iran to at least 17.

Another service member was killed in Iraq on Saturday during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone, CENTCOM said. Identification was still pending as of Monday.

Six soldiers were killed in early March when a drone struck an Army outpost in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. Another soldier died after sustaining injuries in a March 1 strike on troops in Saudi Arabia.

Six airmen were killed in mid-March when their refueling tanker crashed in northern Iraq. The Pentagon has classified those deaths as non-hostile fatalities.

The Navy earlier this month also suspended its search for a sailor who went missing after an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter went down in the Arabian Sea.

As of Friday, a total of 427 service members have been wounded in Operation Epic Fury, the Pentagon name for the Iran war.

The conflict has expanded rapidly in the last week as the battle continues over the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. forces in recent days have targeted bridges, railway lines and power centers as Iran has fired on electrical grids and desalination plants in neighboring countries.

CENTCOM said it completed its ninth consecutive night of attacks early Monday morning, striking Iranian air defenses, coastal surveillance sites and launch sites for missiles and drones.