U.S. Army shares photo of fallen service member from New York State

(WRGB) — The U.S. military on Tuesday said a third service member was believed killed in an air attack on a base in Jordan last week. On Wednesday, the Army shared a photo of Sgt. Angel Rampersad of Ozone Park, New York.

The Pentagon said Rampersad was killed in an Iranian strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base on July 17. She was previously thought to be missing.

Rampersad was 28. She had been assigned to 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, Ansbach, Germany.

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A total of 18 U.S. service members have been killed in the Middle East during this conflict.