The War Department has identified two active-duty Army soldiers killed during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan last week as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
The soldiers were the first U.S. service members killed since the restart of hostilities amid Iran's violations of a peace agreement. They were victims of an Iran attack Friday on Jordan, which remains under investigation.
The release of their identities noted they were in Jordan supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the international campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Feehan and Gonzales were part of a mission that has seen the U.S. consolidate and transition its presence in Syria.
Feehan was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He will receive the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge, and be posthumously promoted to captain.
Gonzales was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Air and Missile Defense Command, in Ansbach, Germany. The U.S. and Iran have intensified attacks since an interim ceasefire deal signed a month ago fell apart last week.
Two U.S. service members remain unaccounted for, with one's remains being identified and another killed Saturday during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command said.
A total of 17 U.S. service members have been killed since the war began, with more than 420 wounded, according to U.S. Central Command.
The U.S. has authorized consecutive days of pounding strikes on Iran's coastal military sites and Islamic Revolution Guard Corps forces, defying the terms of a now-defunct peace agreement.
