Seventh U.S. service member dies from injuries in Iran-related attack, military says
Mar 8th 2026
The U.S. military says an Army soldier has died from injuries sustained in a March 1 Iranian attack on forces in Saudi Arabia, raising the American death toll in the Iran conflict to seven.
- The U.S. military announced an American service member died Saturday from wounds sustained in an Iranian attack on troops in Saudi Arabia.
- A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the seventh casualty was an Army soldier.
- The death brings the U.S. military toll in the Iran conflict to seven service members.
- Six of the earlier deaths were Army reservists killed in a March 1 strike on a command center in a Kuwaiti port.
- All seven U.S. fatalities in the conflict so far have been Army soldiers.