More US troops killed in Iran war than Pentagon has announced — report

By Reuters Today, 9:41 pm

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An Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of US Army Reserve soldier Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, Minn., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the US and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, past US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump during a casualty return, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

More US troops have died during the war with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, The Washington Post reports, citing six US officials familiar with the Defense Department’s internal casualty accounting data.

There have been at least 22 military fatalities, four more than the data available in the Pentagon’s public database, the newspaper cites five of the officials as saying.