The Pentagon has identified the seventh US service member killed in the ongoing conflict with Iran as 26-year-old Army Sergeant Benjamin N Pennington, a resident of Glendale, Kentucky.
Sergeant Pennington died on Sunday from injuries sustained during an Iranian strike on the Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia on 1 March, the Department of Defense said in a statement. The incident remains under investigation.
Pennington was assigned to the First Space Battalion, First Space Brigade, Fort Carson, Colorado, which is part of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command. He enlisted in 2017 as a unit supply specialist and joined his current unit on 10 June 2025.
His awards include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, and Army Good Conduct Medal. He will be posthumously promoted to staff sergeant.
The six other US service members killed in the conflict were identified last week, all assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, Iowa. They died on 1 March in an unmanned aircraft system attack in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.
