Seventh US service member dies from injuries after Saudi Arabia attack
Mar 8th 2026
US Central Command says a service member wounded in a March 1 attack in Saudi Arabia has died, raising US deaths in the Iran war to seven; the name is being withheld pending family notification.
- A US service member died Sunday from wounds sustained in an attack on US troops in Saudi Arabia on March 1, US Central Command said.
- The death brings US military fatalities in the Iran war to seven.
- The service member's name will be withheld until 24 hours after family notification, per custom.
- Six other US soldiers were killed in a separate March 1 strike at the civilian port of Shuaiba in Kuwait.
- Those six were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, an Army Reserve unit from Iowa.
- President Trump met families at Dover Air Force Base and said more US casualties in the conflict are likely.