Pentagon identifies American soldiers killed in Iranian attack in Jordan

The Pentagon released the identities Monday of the two soldiers killed in action late last week in an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan.

U.S. Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, and 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, died July 17 and July 18, respectively, according to a Department of Defense release .

The active-duty soldiers were killed during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.

Gonzales was stationed at Ansbach, Germany, assigned to 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command.

Feehan was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command.

The incident is currently under investigation, the release states.

On Saturday, U.S. Central Command announced that another U.S. service member is missing following the attack, while four troops, who have since been discharged, were medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan.

For the ninth consecutive night, the U.S. “hit [Iran] very hard again tonight,” President Donald Trump said on Sunday. The strikes, he said, were in honor of the soldiers who were killed.

“The strikes will continue degrading Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” a CENTCOM post from Sunday reads.

Trump said that “probably” three service members were killed in action, as opposed to two.

As of Monday morning, the Pentagon had not clarified whether a third service member was killed in action.

The command said in a social media post Sunday that U.S. military personnel found unidentified remains at the location of the attack. CENTCOM said that an examination process to verify the remains is ongoing.

The deaths of Gonzales and Feehan bring the toll of American troops killed in the war with Iran to 16. More than 400 U.S. troops have been wounded in the campaign, which began Feb. 28.

Separately, on July 18, a U.S. service member was killed in action in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone.

“A second service member was wounded and continues to receive medical treatment for a minor injury,” CENTCOM said in a statement.

CENTCOM had not yet provided additional information Monday, such as the identities of those service members killed or missing.

Cristina Stassis is a reporter covering stories surrounding the defense industry, national security, military/veteran affairs and more. She previously worked as an editorial fellow for Defense News in 2024 where she assisted the newsroom in breaking news across Sightline Media Group.

五角大楼周一公布了上周晚些时候在约旦遭伊朗弹道导弹和无人机袭击身亡的两名士兵的身份。

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这些现役士兵在约旦穆瓦法克萨尔蒂空军基地遭到敌军袭击时丧生。

冈萨雷斯驻扎在德国安斯巴赫，隶属于第10陆军防空导弹司令部第52防空炮兵旅第57防空炮兵团第1营。

费汉驻扎在北卡罗来纳州布拉格堡，隶属于第32陆军防空导弹司令部第55防空炮兵团第2营。

新闻稿称，该事件目前正在调查中。

周六，美国中央司令部宣布，袭击事件发生后，又有一名美国军人失踪；另有四名士兵（现已退伍）被医疗后送至约旦的医院。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周日表示，美国“连续第九晚再次对伊朗发动重创”。他说，此次空袭是为了悼念阵亡的士兵。

美国中央司令部周日发布的一份声明称：“这些打击行动将继续削弱伊朗用于攻击途经霍尔木兹海峡的商船和平民海员的军事能力。”

特朗普表示，可能有三名军人在战斗中丧生，而不是两人。

截至周一上午，五角大楼尚未澄清是否有第三名军人在战斗中阵亡。

美国中央司令部周日通过社交媒体发布消息称，美军人员在袭击现场发现了身份不明的遗骸。中央司令部表示，目前正在进行遗骸鉴定工作。

冈萨雷斯和费汉的阵亡使在两伊战争中丧生的美军人数上升至 16 人。这场始于 2 月 28 日的战争中，已有 400 多名美军士兵受伤。

另外，7 月 18 日，一名美国军人在伊拉克北部执行任务时丧生，当时一架被击落的伊朗单向攻击无人机上的未爆炸弹药被控制引爆。

“第二名军人受伤，目前仍在接受轻伤治疗，”中央司令部在一份声明中表示。

截至周一，中央司令部尚未提供更多信息，例如阵亡或失踪军人的身份。

克里斯蒂娜·斯塔西斯是一位记者，主要报道国防工业、国家安全、军事/退伍军人事务等领域的新闻。她曾于2024年在《防务新闻》担任编辑助理，协助Sightline媒体集团旗下新闻编辑室处理突发新闻。