The US Army announced Wednesday that it has identified Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of New York, as the fourth American soldier killed in the July 17 Iranian missile strike on a base in Jordan. Rampersad had been listed as missing and is now considered killed in action, according to the US military.
The US Army announced Wednesday that it has identified Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of New York, as the fourth American soldier killed in the July 17 Iranian missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. Rampersad had been listed as missing since the attack, and his remains were subsequently located. The military now considers him killed in action.
The Zioneer previously reported that two other US soldiers — Pvt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas — were killed in the same attack. A third soldier, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, was killed two days earlier in a controlled explosion of a downed suicide drone at Erbil Air Base in Iraq, an incident also linked to the broader Iranian attack. With the identification of Rampersad, the total US military fatalities from the Jordan attack reach four, while the total from the broader July 17 incidents across the region stands at five.
The announcement comes eight days after the attack, which marked a significant escalation in Iran's direct confrontation with US forces. The US has not yet publicly detailed the circumstances of Rampersad's death beyond the location and date.
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