{"id":2643,"date":"2026-03-09T19:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbncnews.online\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:20:15","slug":"seventh-u-s-soldier-killed-in-iran-conflict-identified-heartbreaking-scene-as-wife-and-children-collapse-at-airport-during-his-return-home-a-wave-of-grief-is-spreading-across-military-commu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bbncnews.online\/?p=2643","title":{"rendered":"SEVENTH U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAN CONFLICT IDENTIFIED \u2014 HEARTBREAKING SCENE AS WIFE AND CHILDREN COLLAPSE AT AIRPORT DURING HIS RETURN HOME A wave of grief is spreading across military communities after the seventh American service member killed in the escalating conflict with Iran was identified following injuries he suffered during an attack on U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia. According to U.S. military officials, the soldier had been critically wounded during an Iranian strike on March 1 before succumbing to his injuries days later, bringing the total number of American fatalities in the conflict to seven. When his flag-draped casket was returned to the United States, witnesses described a heartbreaking moment at the airport as his wife and children collapsed in grief beside the aircraft, unable to hold back their tears. The emotional scene left many service members and onlookers weeping as they watched the family say their first goodbye. As tributes begin pouring in, the fallen soldier is now being remembered not only for his service, but also for the family he left behind."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"headline__wrapper\">\n<h1 id=\"maincontent\" class=\"headline__text inline-placeholder vossi-headline-text\" data-editable=\"headlineText\">Seventh US service member killed in Iran war after being wounded in attack in Saudi Arabia<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"headline__footer\">\n<div class=\"headline__sub-container\">\n<div class=\"headline__sub-text\">\n<div class=\"image__lede article__lede-wrapper\" data-editable=\"lede\" data-freewheel-lede=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder image_large--eq-extra-small image_large--eq-small image_large--eq-large\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmmi5tth700043b6rwanzzr1u@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"2026-03-05T141329Z_1811170377_RC2EYJA6X3EH_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-SAUDI.JPG\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-03-05t141329z-1811170377-rc2eyja6x3eh-rtrmadp-3-iran-crisis-saudi.JPG?c=original&q=w_860%2Cc_fill&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-03-05t141329z-1811170377-rc2eyja6x3eh-rtrmadp-3-iran-crisis-saudi.JPG?c=original&q=w_860%2Cc_fill&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"image_large__dam-img\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-03-05t141329z-1811170377-rc2eyja6x3eh-rtrmadp-3-iran-crisis-saudi.JPG?c=original&q=w_860%2Cc_fill&ssl=1\" alt=\"Smoke rises above the city, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on March 5, 2026.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-wrapper media__metadata-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata media__metadata\">\n<p>Stringer\/Reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__content-container\">\n<div class=\"article__content\" data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi5hetw003x26qj95iig22e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">A US service member died after sustaining injuries during an attack last week in Saudi Arabia, the military said Sunday, bringing the number of American troops killed in\u00a0the Iran war\u00a0to seven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi6axy200003b6rhcwjhdpy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cLast night, a U.S. service member passed away from injuries received during the Iranian regime\u2019s initial attacks across the Middle East,\u201d US Central Command\u00a0said on X. \u201cThe service member was seriously wounded at the scene of an attack on U.S. troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on March 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi6axy200003b6rhcwjhdpy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.republicworld.com\/all_images\/2026\/03\/west-asia-war-seventh-us-service-member-dies-after-being-wounded-in-saudi-arabia-us-military-says-1773022599922-1280x720.webp?q=75&format=webp&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, 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https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.republicworld.com\/all_images\/2026\/03\/west-asia-war-seventh-us-service-member-dies-after-being-wounded-in-saudi-arabia-us-military-says-1773022599922-1280x720.webp?q=75&format=webp&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.republicworld.com\/all_images\/2026\/03\/west-asia-war-seventh-us-service-member-dies-after-being-wounded-in-saudi-arabia-us-military-says-1773022599922-1280x720.webp?q=75&format=webp&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.republicworld.com\/all_images\/2026\/03\/west-asia-war-seventh-us-service-member-dies-after-being-wounded-in-saudi-arabia-us-military-says-1773022599922-1280x720.webp?q=75&format=webp&ssl=1\" alt=\"West Asia War: Seventh US Service Member Dies After Being Wounded In Saudi  Arabia, US Military Says | Republic World\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi6axy200013b6rtg4uu587@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The name of the service member is being withheld until 24 hours after their family is notified, as is custom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi6i9wu00073b6r8k16x0qu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The news of the fallen service member comes a day after the\u00a0dignified transfer\u00a0for the\u00a0six soldiers\u00a0who were killed last week in Kuwait. President Donald Trump and other top officials joined the families of those troops at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware as the soldiers were brought home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi8co8l000m3b6rexm3zcur@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">That strike, which\u00a0came without warning, occurred on a makeshift operations center at the civilian port of Shuaiba in Kuwait on March 1. All six soldiers were assigned with the 103rd Sustainment Command, an Army Reserve unit out of Iowa.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi8co8l000m3b6rexm3zcur@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/69addb2c89446c86baa3b46b\/Plane-carrying-U-S--soldiers-killed-in-the-Iranian-retaliatory-strikes-arrives-at\/960x0.jpg?height=453&width=711&fit=bounds&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/69addb2c89446c86baa3b46b\/Plane-carrying-U-S--soldiers-killed-in-the-Iranian-retaliatory-strikes-arrives-at\/960x0.jpg?height=453&width=711&fit=bounds&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, 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https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/69addb2c89446c86baa3b46b\/Plane-carrying-U-S--soldiers-killed-in-the-Iranian-retaliatory-strikes-arrives-at\/960x0.jpg?height=453&width=711&fit=bounds&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/69addb2c89446c86baa3b46b\/Plane-carrying-U-S--soldiers-killed-in-the-Iranian-retaliatory-strikes-arrives-at\/960x0.jpg?height=453&width=711&fit=bounds&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/69addb2c89446c86baa3b46b\/Plane-carrying-U-S--soldiers-killed-in-the-Iranian-retaliatory-strikes-arrives-at\/960x0.jpg?height=453&width=711&fit=bounds&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/69addb2c89446c86baa3b46b\/Plane-carrying-U-S--soldiers-killed-in-the-Iranian-retaliatory-strikes-arrives-at\/960x0.jpg?height=453&width=711&fit=bounds&ssl=1\" alt=\"Seventh U.S. Troop Dies in Iran Conflict\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi8fy2a000o3b6rh16xzuqk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The president told ABC on Sunday that meeting with the families of the six troops did not give him pause about the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi8fync000q3b6r168jo78q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\u201cThe parents would be upset if I did that,\u201d he said. \u201cThe parents said to me, every one of them, \u2018Please sir, win this for my boy,\u2019 and in one case a young woman, as you know. \u2018Please, win this for my child.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi8fync000q3b6r168jo78q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/03\/08\/multimedia\/08iran-live-americans-killed-zphm\/08iran-live-americans-killed-zphm-videoSixteenByNine1050.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/03\/08\/multimedia\/08iran-live-americans-killed-zphm\/08iran-live-americans-killed-zphm-videoSixteenByNine1050.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/03\/08\/multimedia\/08iran-live-americans-killed-zphm\/08iran-live-americans-killed-zphm-videoSixteenByNine1050.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/03\/08\/multimedia\/08iran-live-americans-killed-zphm\/08iran-live-americans-killed-zphm-videoSixteenByNine1050.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Pentagon Announces Death of Seventh U.S. Service Member in War With Iran\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi6iar100093b6rrkwuq2i4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">The president has previously said there will likely be more US casualties in the Iran war. Asked Saturday whether he thought he would have to attend more dignified transfers, Trump said, \u201cI\u2019m sure. I hate to \u2026 but it\u2019s a part of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmibj2g700003b6ryspmvpf7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">CENTCOM also announced Sunday in a separate social media\u00a0post\u00a0that a US National Guard soldier died in a \u201chealth-related incident in Kuwait on March 6 during a medical emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmidt4tq00063b6rm4ni5uty@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">Maj. Sorffly Davius, 46, of Queens, New York, died at Camp Buehring, the Pentagon said. The incident is under investigation. Davius was a New York City police officer since 2014, the department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmi5ngd800053b6rk4exq6uw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\"><em>This story has been updated with additional information.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventh US service member killed in Iran war after being wounded in attack in Saudi Arabia Smoke rises above the city, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Riyadh, Saudi &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"http:\/\/bbncnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/647370531_122169759452923039_5994880471746248219_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SEVENTH U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAN CONFLICT IDENTIFIED \u2014 HEARTBREAKING SCENE AS WIFE AND CHILDREN COLLAPSE AT AIRPORT DURING HIS RETURN HOME A wave of grief is spreading across military communities after the seventh American service member killed in the escalating conflict with Iran was identified following injuries he suffered during an attack on U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia. 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