The Pentagon on Monday released the names of two American service members who died in an Iranian attack on a Jordanian air base over the weekend. First Lt. Tyler Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, were killed in action on Friday and Saturday respectively.
The attack targeted Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, a Royal Jordanian Air Force facility that has become a frequent flashpoint in the renewed hostilities between Washington and Tehran. U.S. Central Command confirmed the strikes involved Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, and noted that one American soldier remains unaccounted for after unidentified remains were found at the site.
Gonzales was assigned to the 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command in Ansbach, Germany. Feehan served with the 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Four other U.S. personnel were treated at Jordanian hospitals and later discharged; those with minor injuries have returned to duty.
The U.S. military retaliated swiftly, launching airstrikes Saturday evening against Iranian coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites. The strikes also targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps units responsible for the Jordan base attack. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on social media, “Godspeed, heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.”
American forces continued bombing Iranian positions on Sunday, one day after another U.S. service member died in Iraq from a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone. That death brought the total number of U.S. troops killed in the conflict to 17, with hundreds more wounded.
The latest barrage marks the ninth consecutive night of U.S. strikes against Iran, effectively shredding the ceasefire the two sides agreed to last month. President Trump told reporters Sunday that the strikes were carried out “in honor” of the three service members killed. “We’ll see what happens. But we hit them very hard again tonight, and we did that in honor of the probably three,” he said.
According to the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, the resumption of American strikes on July 8 has killed at least 48 people and injured 68 others as of Friday. The escalation underscores the rapid deterioration of a truce that had briefly halted direct exchanges.
For more on the widening conflict, read our report on Trump’s response to the deadly Jordan attack and the ongoing U.S. strikes targeting Iranian assets.
