The Pentagon has revised upward the number of US service members who died in Iran-related military operations in the Middle East to 21, the Washington Post reports, after adding two non-combat deaths to its Defense Casualty Analysis System. The newly included cases are Army National Guard Maj. Saufley Davious, 46, who died in Kuwait on March 6, and an unnamed Navy service member who died by suicide in September. The Post last month cited US officials saying fatalities exceeded the Pentagon’s pub

The Pentagon has revised upward the number of US service members who died in Iran-related military operations in the Middle East to 21, the Washington Post reports, after adding two non-combat deaths to its Defense Casualty Analysis System. The newly included cases are Army National Guard Maj. Saufley Davious, 46, who died in Kuwait on March 6, and an unnamed Navy service member who died by suicide in September. The Post last month cited US officials saying fatalities exceeded the Pentagon’s published totals; Defense Secretary Hegseth at the time called that reporting “a complete lie.”