Pentagon names two soldiers killed in Jordan base attack
Pvt. Isabella Gonzales and 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan died after an Iranian strike in Jordan, while one service member remains missing, officials said.
By Sal Moretti · Money Reporter
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The Pentagon has named two U.S. Army soldiers killed after an Iranian strike hit a military base in Jordan, while U.S. Central Command said a third service member remains missing.
Defense officials said Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, and 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, died after the attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. According to the Pentagon, Gonzales was killed in action Friday and Feehan was killed in action Saturday.
U.S. Central Command said unidentified remains were later discovered in the area of the attack. The command has not identified the missing service member.
The Pentagon said Gonzales and Feehan were deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S. mission against the Islamic State group. Both soldiers were assigned to Army Air Missile Defense Command units.
Who the soldiers were
According to the Pentagon, Gonzales served with the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command, based in Ansbach, Germany.
Feehan was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the Pentagon said.
Four other U.S. service members were flown to a hospital in Jordan for treatment after the strike and have since been released, according to the military. Other troops received care for minor injuries, officials said.
A U.S. official previously confirmed to CBS News that the attack took place at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. The Wall Street Journal first reported the location of the strike.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to the deaths in a post on X, writing, “Godspeed, heroes.” In the same post, Hegseth said, “Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.”
U.S. strikes followed
After the Jordan attack, U.S. forces carried out another round of airstrikes against Iran on orders from President Trump, CENTCOM said Saturday night.
The strikes came on the eighth consecutive night of U.S. attacks on Iran after ceasefire talks collapsed, CBS News reported. The strikes continued the next day as well, according to the report.
CENTCOM said the U.S. strikes were intended to reduce Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and to punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces for attacks on American troops in Jordan.
CBS News reported that Gonzales and Feehan are the 15th and 16th U.S. service members to die in the war with Iran. Before the Jordan attack, the most recent death was a Navy pilot whose MH-60S helicopter made an emergency landing at sea last month. The Navy said there was “no indication” hostile action was involved in that incident.
Six U.S. service members were killed in an Iranian attack on a base in Kuwait in March, CBS News reported. That same month, six others died when a refueling plane crashed in Iraq, and one service member was killed in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
This story draws on original reporting from CBS News.