US Central Command issued a statement on the 8th, stating that a US soldier succumbed to his injuries on the evening of the 7th, marking the seventh American casualty in the military operations against Iran.
According to the statement, the soldier was severely wounded during the Iranian attack on US forces stationed in Saudi Arabia on March 1 and was declared dead on the evening of the 7th.
According to previous US military reports, since the launch of the US-Israel "Operation Epic Fury" against Iran, 6 US military personnel had been confirmed dead and another 18 severely wounded.
On the 7th, US President Trump attended the arrival ceremony of the remains of these six fallen soldiers in Delaware. According to the Pentagon, these six US military members died in a drone attack by Iran on Kuwait's Shuaiba Port on March 1.