(AP) – The U.S. military announced an American service member has died of injuries sustained during an Iranian attack on troops stationed in Saudi Arabia.
The seventh American service member killed in the Iran war was an Army soldier, a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed to The Associated Press.
Door attendants U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Christina Jiminez and Senior Airman Awng Dingrin close the doors of the transfer vans containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve soldiers Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa, Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Fla., Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minn., Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb., and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, who were killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson | AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The service member died on Saturday from injuries sustained during a March 1 Iranian attack on the kingdom
The American death toll since the start of combat operations now stands at seven. Six Army reservists were also killed in the March 1 attack on Kuwait.
All seven casualties from the war in Iran were Army soldiers. The first six deaths were Army reservists killed in a March 1 attack on a command center in a Kuwaiti port.
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