The Pentagon has revised its official count of U.S. military fatalities linked to operations against Iran, now listing 21 deaths in its public records. Two additional noncombat fatalities—including a Navy sailor whose identity remains undisclosed—have been added to the Defense Casualty Analysis System. The update reflects the latest adjustments to the department’s tracking of service member losses in the ongoing conflict. The change comes as tensions persist, with the Pentagon continuing to monitor casualties in its public database.
The Pentagon updated the American service member death toll of the U.S. military’s operations against Iran to 21 late Friday, raising the tally in the department’s public database. The two noncombat deaths newly added to the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) were Maj. Sorffly Davius and an unidentified Navy sailor, a U.S. official familiar...