Posted on 04/05/2026 1:18:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Pentagon has added Operation Epic Fury to its casualty database, as of April 3 showing 365 U.S. troops wounded in action and 13 killed.
The update follows weeks of rising casualty reports tied to the operation. On Friday and into Saturday, a search remained ongoing for one of two F-15E crew members taken down in Iran. U.S. officials said March 1 that three service members had been killed and five seriously wounded. By March 2, the number of those killed had risen to six.
Military.com sought clarification on how the Pentagon defines those killed in action, died of wounds, or non-hostile deaths. A Defense Department duty officer directed questions to U.S. Central Command.
Army Accounts for Largest Share of Wounded
The newly released data shows the U.S. Army accounts for the largest share of troops wounded in action in Operation Epic Fury, with 247 of the 365 total casualties.
The Navy accounts for 63 wounded, followed by the Air Force with 36 and the Marine Corps with 19.
A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington of Glendale, Ky., March 9, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Pennington was assigned to 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Minto)
The figures provide one of the first service-by-service breakdowns of casualties tied to the operation, showing how losses are distributed across the force as the conflict continues.
The total death toll remains at 13, according to the Defense Department database, underscoring a wide gap between fatal and nonfatal casualties.
How the Pentagon Counts War Deaths Is Under Scrutiny
The casualty data is maintained through the Defense Casualty Analysis System, the Pentagon’s official system for tracking U.S. military deaths and injuries.
Military.com reached out to the Defense Manpower Data Center, which manages the system, along with...
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Do we know the extent of the rescued aviators injuries?
Your stupidity is on display…quoting the Times of Israel!
You should quote the New York Times….You POS
You are MARXIST SCUM
You forgot to call me a Nazi, homophobe, misogynist and racist too.
Do better next time.
You got it this part all right…need I say more?
and a CS’er
You know everything.
You must be psycho.
I do know who you are….I’ve seen it to often
You’re the guy who threatened to harm me in a private email, aren’t ya?
Psycho.
Any Jew I know would take you apart from limb to limb…
effing democrat bastard
YES!!!!!!!
Are your knees trembling?!?!?
You should be more concerned about the killed and wounded in Chicago during the month of March. It far exceeds what's happened in Iran.........
But then again, it doesn't fit your anti-Iran war narrative, does it?
with my bare hands….
Spoken like a true leftist concern-troll. Yeah, because the real priority after Oct 7th was making sure Bibi faced a corruption trial instead of crushing the terrorists who butchered 1,200 Israelis and took hostages. Heaven forbid a wartime leader stays in power to finish the job against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran’s proxies. The same people screeching this nonsense would cheer a weak left-wing PM who’d trade land for "peace" and invite the next massacre. Spare us the fake outrage—some of us want Israel to win, not virtue-signal its way into vulnerability.
Absolutely!!!
Israel is an armed combat zone, but the military didn’t notice an invasion for hours.
Right.
Are you having a serial killer orgasm?
Time & Place
“Israel is an armed combat zone, but the military didn’t notice an invasion for hours.”
I’d rip you
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