U.S. Army identifies two soldiers killed in Iranian missile and drone attacks in Jordan
The U.S. Defense Department named the two service members who died in Iranian missile and drone strikes in Jordan, bringing the total U.S. war fatalities to 17.
Two U.S. Army soldiers were identified as the latest American fatalities in the conflict with Iran after they were killed in missile and drone attacks on Jordan on Friday and Saturday. The Defense Department said First Lieutenant James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, died while defending against the Iranian strikes.
Feehan, assigned to the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command from Fort Bragg, will be posthumously promoted to captain and receive the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge. Gonzales served with the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in Germany and had graduated from Hebron High School the previous year.
"She gave her life in that service, and our district is heartbroken by her loss," the Lewisville Independent School District said in a statement.
The Department of Defense did not release further details about the circumstances of their deaths. The latest casualties raise the overall U.S. death toll in the war with Iran to 17 service members.
The conflict, which began in late February, has involved a series of Iranian drone and missile attacks across the region, affecting U.S. forces stationed in multiple Middle Eastern countries. Recent incidents also include a KC-135 refueling aircraft crash in Iraq that killed six service members and a Navy helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea that claimed one pilot.
U.S. officials said they are withholding additional information until families have been notified, and they continue to assess the threat environment as Iranian forces target both military and civilian infrastructure in the region.