US military identifies third service member killed in Iranian attack on Jordan base

The US military has identified a third service member believed to have been killed in Friday's attack on a base in Jordan: Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of New York. Previously, the Pentagon identified 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, as the two other soldiers killed in the same attack.

The soldiers died in Iranian ballistic missile and drone strikes, marking the first direct Iranian fire casualties since the early days of the war. They were deployed to support the US mission against the Islamic State group, according to a US Central Command statement.

Initially, the military reported two service members killed and one missing. The next day, Central Command announced that unidentified remains had been found and an examination process was underway. The Pentagon now states that Rampersad is believed to be the missing soldier, with her official status listed as "Duty Status-Whereabouts Unknown" and she is "believed to be deceased."

Rampersad served in the same unit as Gonzales: the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command based in Ansbach, Germany.

Another US soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was identified as Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served nearly a decade.

The renewed fighting between the US and Iran is now in its 10th day, with both sides launching barrages of strikes. Iran has attacked US allies in the region, and American soldiers are stationed across the Middle East.

Iranian authorities claim that US strikes over the past three weeks have killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 500. Both sides have targeted civilian infrastructure relied on by millions. Workers on ships, foreign workers, and others in Gulf nations, Israel, and Lebanon have also died in the conflict.