Pentagon says more than 750 US service members wounded in Iran war
Pentagon says more than 750 US service members wounded in Iran war
Filip Timotija Fri, August 21, 2026 at 7:36 PM UTC
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The Pentagon said more than 750 U.S. service members have been wounded since the war against Iran began in late February.
The department its war casualty database this week with another 50 injured service members.
When totals from the Operation Epic Fury rubric are combined with figures in the “Overseas Operations” category, the total number comes out to 756 wounded in action, according to Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) data.
Eighteen service members have been killed in the conflict, bringing the total number of killed and injured to 774.
Last month, the Pentagon formed the “Overseas Operations” section for casualties in the conflict “starting” July 7, the same day the U.S. military resumed airstrikes against Iran in response to its targeting of shipping tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
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President Trump notified Congress that week of the resumption of hostilities, giving U.S. forces in the U.S. Central Command theater another 60 days to conduct kinetic action with congressional approval.
The Pentagon was previously under fire from news media outlets and Democratic lawmakers after the number of U.S. service members killed and injured in action went down in the DCAS database.
The figures also come as Trump announced earlier this week that the U.S. is launching the “MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER” against Iran amid apparently stalled talks between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
“This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,” the president said on Wednesday.
Update at 3:34 p.m. EDT.
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