The Pentagon has removed four American troops killed in recent fighting with Iran from its official war death toll. The troops were placed in a new category called ‘Overseas Operations’ on the Defense Casualty Analysis System website, which lists the four Army deaths by name as well as 207 wounded.
Renewed Fighting and Casualty Count
The U.S. and Iran have exchanged regular fire in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz, with the U.S. hitting Iranian targets nightly for nearly two weeks and Tehran responding with attacks on neighboring countries hosting American forces. The Pentagon system’s new ‘Overseas Operations’ category says it tallies casualties starting July 7.
Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez argued that the drop in casualty figures in the online system was not an effort to hide the growing human toll of the war but rather the result of ‘anomalies’ and ‘temporary data disruptions’ that were being resolved ‘imminently.’ President Donald Trump has confirmed the total, writing in a Truth Social post that the ‘Iran Military Conflict’ had claimed 18 lives.
Original reporting: NBC Connecticut — read the source article.
