Pentagon database raises Iran operations death toll to 21

The Pentagon’s public casualty database now lists 21 U.S. military deaths tied to operations related to Iran, up from 18, and 865 service members wounded. The update was posted Friday, October 9, according to the Defense Casualty Analysis System, which also showed 98 more wounded than in August. The expanded death tally includes Army National Guard Maj. Sorffly Davius, who died in Kuwait on March 6, and an unidentified Navy service member who died by suicide in September. The database also records Sgt. Devin A. Seibel, who died in a training accident in Iraq in May. The military classifies Seibel’s death under Operation Inherent Resolve, not the Iran operations. Including Seibel brings the reported number of U.S. military fatalities in the Middle East since the Iran conflict began on February 28 to 22. The Pentagon’s Iran-operation tally remains 21. The database’s updated figures reflect the categories used in its public accounting, rather than a single total encompassing every military death in the region. The additions follow scrutiny of the Pentagon’s earlier public figures. In September, reporting based on interviews with U.S.