TRAGEDY

Number of U.S. Troops Killed in Trump’s War Rises

“Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is,” Trump earlier said about deaths in this war.

The number of American deaths from Trump’s war in Iran has risen after a seventh and eighth service member were announced to have died. One service member died due to serious injuries resulting from a March 1 attack by Iran on a Saudi Arabian military base where Americans were stationed. They were in the process of being transferred to a U.S. military hospital in Germany when they passed from their injuries. The individual hasn’t been named yet, as officials are still in the process of informing next of kin. A U.S. National Guard Soldier has also died, with U.S. Central Command announcing they “died in a health-related incident in Kuwait on March 6 during a medical emergency.” The conflict began on Feb. 28, and the reported death toll is already over 1,300, with Iranian retaliatory strikes accounting for at least 20 of the deaths. The six other U.S. citizens who died were killed during an Iranian strike on Kuwait on March 1 and were part of the 103rd Sustainment Command. They were Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39; Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20; Major Jeffrey R. O’Brien, 45; and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54.