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U.S. service members have been killed in recent hostile actions connected to the ongoing military conflict with Iran. The Pentagon has identified several soldiers who recently lost their lives in the Middle East. [1, 2, 3, 4]

The recent fallen soldiers include:

• 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
• Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of San Antonio, Texas.
• Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York.
• Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Feehan, Gonzales, and Rampersad were killed in an Iranian missile strike on their sleeping barracks at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. Swinton was killed in Erbil, Iraq, during a controlled detonation involving unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian attack drone. [1, 2]

These casualties bring the total number of U.S. service members killed during the Iran War to 18. A dignified transfer ceremony for the four recently deceased troops was held at Dover Air Force Base, attended by President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth