A 19-year-old Army soldier from Carrollton, Texas has been killed in an Iranian strike overseas, the Pentagon confirmed Monday, bringing the grief of a widening war directly to the doorstep of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
,Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton was killed in action on Friday during an Iranian strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan., ,A second soldier, 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, was killed in action on Saturday.,
,The Pentagon said the soldiers were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. military mission against the Islamic State group., The exact circumstances of their deaths have not been disclosed.
,Gonzales was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, based in Ansbach, Germany.,
,Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement on Saturday., ,Four other U.S. service members were medically evacuated to a hospital in Jordan and have since been discharged. Additional service members were treated for minor injuries.,
,Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reacted to the deaths on social media Saturday saying “Godspeed, heroes” and adding “Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.”,
,The U.S. military has confirmed the total number of American deaths in the war with Iran now stands at 17., ,The deaths marked the first American casualties resulting from Iranian strikes since March.,
,Six service members were killed in an Iranian attack on a base in Kuwait in March. Also that month, six were killed when a refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq and one was killed in an Iranian strike on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.,
,American forces spread across the Middle East have made partner nations targets of Iranian aggression as the conflict has escalated following a breakdown in peace talks. President Donald Trump has stated the war is necessary to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.