A US service member wounded in an Iranian attack against US troops in Saudi Arabia has succumbed to their injuries — the seventh American soldier to have died during Operation Epic Fury.
The unidentified soldier was “seriously wounded” in the March 1 attack as Iran launched missiles and drones at US installations across the Middle East at the start of the conflict, according to CENTCOM.
A U.S. Army carry team transports a flagged-draped transfer case to a vehicle during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base March 07, 2026 in Dover, Delaware. Getty Images“Last night, a U.S. service member passed away from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East,” CENTCOM wrote on X on Sunday afternoon.
“The service member was seriously wounded at the scene of an attack on U.S. troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 1.”
CENTCOM said it is withholding releasing the identity of the slain servicemember for 24 hours pending next-of-kin notification.
The news comes a day after NYPD Officer and decorated Army veteran Sorffly Davius died during a health crisis while deployed in Kuwait with the National Guard.
On Saturday, President Trump flew to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the bodies of six Army Reserve members were flown to after they died when an Iranian drone struck a US facility in Kuwait.
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The president, wearing a white USA baseball cap as he stood next to first lady Melania Trump for the somber moment, saluted as soldiers carried the flag-draped caskets containing the remains of the fallen heroes.
“It’s a sad part of war,” the president later said aboard Air Force One. “It’s the bad part of war.”
Also taking part in the solemn event were Vice President JD Vance, second lady Usha Vance, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, among others.
The six slain reservists were: Nicole Amor, 39; Cody Khork, 35; Declan Coady, 20; Robert Marzan, 54; Jeffrey O’Brien, 45; and Noah Tietjens, 42.
Last week the president warned there would “likely be more” US casualties in the conflict, posting on Truth Social on Friday that “there will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”
