Pentagon Identifies 7th US Soldier Killed in Iran War; Staff Sgt. Pennington Died in Saudi Attack

• Army Staff Sergeant Benjamin N Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, identified as the seventh US service member killed in the war against Iran.
• Pennington died Sunday from wounds sustained in an Iranian attack at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on March 1.
• The attack was retaliation for "Operation Epic Fury," a joint Israeli-US campaign that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
• Six other US service members were previously killed in an Iranian strike on Shuaiba port, Kuwait, identified as Amor, Khork, Marzan, O’Brien, Tietjens, and Coady.
• Three US MQ-9 Reaper drones were also downed recently; one off Iran's coast, another by Qatari friendly fire.