HE PROMISED HE WOULD COME HOME SAFE…” The family of Benjamin N. Pennington is speaking through unimaginable grief after the 26-year-old soldier from Glendale was confirmed as the seventh U.S. service member killed in the escalating Iran war. Pennington died after being critically wounded during a strike on Prince Sultan Air Base. Friends and relatives say he was a quiet, devoted young man who simply wanted to serve his country. Now, as tributes pour in, the heartbreaking story behind his final days is leaving a community — and a nation