The United States launched Operation Epic Fury against the Iranian regime on Feb. 28.
A seventh U.S. service member has died after being hurt during Operation Epic Fury.
The U.S. Central Command revealed that the service member died on March 7 after being seriously wounded during an attack on U.S. troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 1.
The name of the fallen warrior has not yet been released.
Six other Americans have been killed during the U.S.–Israeli war against the Islamic regime of Iran, which started on Feb. 28.
Four service members were killed after an Iranian drone hit the port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, on March 1.
The first three deaths were announced on March 1, and the fourth was announced on March 2 after the service member died.
U.S. Central Command announced two additional deaths on March 2 after U.S. forces recovered the bodies of two previously unaccounted for service members “from a facility that was struck during Iran’s initial attacks in the region.”
The names of the fallen service members include Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa; Maj. Jeffrey R. O’Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa; and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California.
The six soldiers who died in the attack in Kuwait were in the U.S. Army Reserve assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command based in Des Moines, Iowa.
President Donald Trump paid tribute to them on March 7 when their remains were returned to the United States for a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
“They’re great heroes in our country, and we’re going to keep it that way,” Trump said on March 7.
Trump has said that the United States must approve Iran’s next leader.
“We want to make sure that we don’t have to go back every 10 years, when you don’t have a president like me that’s not going to do it,” Trump told ABC News on March 8.
By Jacki Thrapp
