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The Pentagon raised the official number of US military deaths linked to operations against Iran to 21 late Friday, acknowledging that two deaths had not previously been included in its figures, according to The Washington Post.
As of Friday, the Defense Casualty Analysis System listed 21 military deaths connected to the operations. The newly added cases were those of Army National Guard Maj. Sorffly Davius, 46, who died in Kuwait on March 6, and an unidentified Navy service member who died by suicide in September, the newspaper reported.
The updated figures also showed that 865 US service members had been wounded during the operations.
Separately, the military confirmed that Sgt. Devin A. Seibel, 26, died in Iraq in May in a training accident officials said was unrelated to the conflict with Iran. His death was recorded under Operation Inherent Resolve, the military’s long-running campaign against the ISIS (Daesh) terrorist group.
Two senior Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee welcomed what they called the Pentagon’s “public correction” of the casualty figures. Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, the committee’s top Democrat, and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, the top Democrat on its military personnel subcommittee, said in a joint statement that “there is no excuse for a mistake of this magnitude.”
They also described the need for congressional intervention to correct the figures as “an embarrassment” for the military.
In a statement to The Washington Post, the Pentagon did not directly address the revised death toll. It instead outlined changes to its casualty reporting system, including a “pending adjudication” category for records still under review.
The department reiterated its commitment to accurate reporting, saying it “continues to maintain a steadfast commitment to the transparent, accurate accounting of all Service member casualties.”
