BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey - The US military said on Saturday (July 18) that two additional service members were killed as part of the war with Iran, bringing the total number of deaths to 16.The deaths reflect the complicated reality that American boots don't need to be on the ground for there to be lethal risks in a conflict that involves...
16 US service members have died in the Iran war, reflecting a conflict fought largely in the air Smoke billows near the oil facility in Mangaf, Kuwait, on July 18, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.
BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey - The US military said on Saturday that two additional service members were killed as part of the war with Iran, bringing the total number of deaths to 16. The deaths reflect the complicated reality that American boots don't need to be on the ground for there to be lethal risks in a conflict that involves drones, missiles and airplanes.
American forces are arrayed across the Middle East, making other nations targets of Iran as the fighting has escalated after a breakdown in peace talks. President Donald Trump has said the war is necessary to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. As of Saturday afternoon, he had yet to issue a statement on the latest set of deaths that occurred in Jordan, with the White House instead sending the statement issued by US Central Command.
Shortly after the war began on Feb 28, an Iranian drone strike at a civilian port in Kuwait killed six American soldiers. The soldiers were part of a supply and logistics unit based in Iowa who were working at a shipping container-style building that had no defences. A seventh soldier died more than a week after being wounded during a March 1 attack by Iran on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
Later in March, six service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting US military operations against Iran crashed in Iraq. The aircraft was in "friendly" airspace when an unspecified incident involving another aircraft took place, according to US Central Command. On Monday, the US military said a Navy pilot died in a helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea.
The Navy initially described the July 1 crash as an emergency landing and said there was "no indication the emergency was caused by hostile action.
" The remaining three sailors aboard the helicopter were rescued. On Saturday, the US Central Command said two service members were killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. The military said one US service member is "currently" missing after the attack. The military said as part of the most recent announcement that it was withholding additional information, including the names of the deceased, until 24 hours after families had been notified.
Iranian authorities said at least 50 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded in US strikes in the past three weeks, including eight killed in a strike on a bridge Friday. People working on ships, as well as foreign workers and others in Gulf nations, Israel and Lebanon have also perished in the conflict.
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