Iran shot down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks Friday.
WASHINGTON — As of Friday, 365 service members have been wounded in action in the Iran war as the conflict intensifies, according to newly-released numbers from the Pentagon.
Of the wounded, 247 were Army soldiers, 63 were Navy sailors, 19 were Marines and 36 were Air Force airmen, according to Pentagon data available online.
It is unclear if the data includes any of the service members involved in the downing of two combat aircraft reported Friday. Iran shot down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks, with one service member rescued and at least one missing, in a dramatic escalation since the war began nearly five weeks ago.
Most of the wounded, some 200 service members, were also mid to senior enlisted troops; 85 were officers, and 80 were junior enlisted service members.
The current death toll remains at 13 service members killed in combat. Seven of those are considered hostile deaths: six service members were killed in an Iranian strike in Kuwait, and one died after being wounded in Saudi Arabia.
The war, now entering its sixth week, is destabilizing economies around the world as Iran responds to the U.S. and Israeli attacks by targeting the Gulf region’s energy infrastructure and tightening its grip on oil and natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump said U.S. forces will keep hitting Iran “very hard” in the next two or three weeks.
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