Seventh US service member dies from Iranian attack

Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. forces, alongside Israeli troops, have decimated Iran’s senior leadership and large portions of its military capabilities.

By JNS

A U.S. service member has died from wounds sustained during the Iranian regime’s initial wave of attacks across the Middle East, raising the American death toll in “Operation Epic Fury” to seven, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday night.

The service member was critically wounded in a March 1 attack on U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and died from those injuries on Saturday night, CENTCOM said.

Major combat operations in the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign against the Iranian regime are ongoing.

The military is withholding the service member’s identity until 24 hours after next-of-kin notification, in line with Pentagon policy.

Meanwhile, a U.S. National Guard soldier died on March 6 in Kuwait following a medical emergency, CENTCOM said on Sunday night.

The health-related death remains under review, and further details will come from the National Guard Bureau.

A dignified transfer was held at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on March 7 for six soldiers from the 103rd Sustainment Command who were killed by an Iranian drone in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, during “Operation Epic Fury.”

Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. forces, alongside Israeli troops, have decimated Iran’s senior leadership and large portions of its military capabilities.

Over the past week, thousands of sorties have destroyed ballistic missile facilities and launchers, regime command centers, and headquarters across the country, along with dozens of air defense systems.

Senior leadership, including Ali Khamenei, as well as the IRGC chief of staff and other top officials, were eliminated in the opening hours of the war.