Nearly 100 U.S. Service Members Injured in Iranian Strikes in the Past Two Weeks, Pentagon Says

A heavily-damaged bridge which was hit by a US strike is pictured along the road connecting Roudan and Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on July 18, 2026. The United States hit Iran on July 17, with Tehran accusing US forces of striking civilians sites and drawing Iranian threats of reprisals on regional infrastructure. A battle over the strategic Strait of Hormuz has rekindled the war in the Middle East and the foes have traded fire for six days running. (Credit: Photo by Amir Hossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images /)

Nearly 100 American service members have been injured in Iranian attacks on U.S. bases across the Middle East since July 7, the Pentagon confirmed to CBS News, as renewed fighting between Washington and Tehran enters its second week.

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said 96% of those injured had returned to duty and that most suffered minor concussions. The Pentagon has not released a complete breakdown of the attacks, injuries or damage to U.S. facilities.

The latest casualties follow Iranian missile and drone strikes against U.S. and allied military sites in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and elsewhere, CBS News points out. The United States, meanwhile, has conducted nightly strikes against Iranian military targets, saying the campaign is intended to limit Tehran's ability to attack commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, was killed in action on July 17, 2026, during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan. Gonzales was assigned to 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command. She served as an E14P Air and Missile Defense Crewmember. (U.S. Army Photo) Capt. Lydia LaRue 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command

1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, 2nd Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, was killed in action July 18 during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan. Dottie Henderson U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Two U.S. soldiers, 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, were killed in separate Iranian attacks on a base in Jordan, the Pentagon confirmed on Monday. Unidentified remains were also recovered while military personnel searched for a third service member reported missing after the attack.

A third American, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, was killed Saturday at Erbil Air Base in Iraq during the controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian attack drone. Another service member was injured in that incident.

NBC News reported that 15 U.S. service members have been killed in combat since military operations against Iran began, while two others have died from noncombat causes. The military has recorded at least 140 wounded personnel since the start of the conflict, including eight with severe injuries, although Pentagon databases contain differing totals and do not yet include the latest casualties.

President Donald Trump has vowed further retaliation, writing that Iran would "pay for that killing many times over" whenever an American soldier is killed.

U.S. Central Command said its latest round of strikes targeted Iranian command centers, air defenses, missile and drone launch sites, maritime capabilities and communications networks. Iran said it responded by targeting U.S. military assets and oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian described the conflict as a "full-scale war," although Tehran has also said messages continue to pass between the two sides through intermediaries.

Iranians walk past a banner showing an image of Iran's slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at Valiasr Square in Tehran on July 19, 2026 (Credit: Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Image)