The Pentagon reclassified four US service member deaths from the Iran war casualty tally into a separate ‘Overseas Operations’ category. The official death toll dropped from 18 to 14 between July 20 and July 24, 2026. Three soldiers were killed in a ballistic missile strike in Jordan on July 17, and a fourth died in Iraq. The wounded count also fell from 482 to 420, a reduction of 62 service members. Lawmakers from both parties have raised transparency concerns about the reclassification.
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