Archive · 11 Oct 2026
US Military Death Toll Rises Beyond Pentagon's Initial Report
The number of US military deaths connected to the Iran war is higher than the Pentagon first said.
Two deaths were added to the count.
Neither death was related to combat.
One was Maj.
Sorffly Davius, a 46-year-old Army National Guard member.
He died in Kuwait on March 6.
The other person was a Navy service member who died by suicide in September.
The Navy member's name has not been made public.
A US official shared this information with The Washington Post.
The reported number of US military deaths in the Iran war is higher than the Pentagon first reported.
The two added deaths were not combat related.
Maj. Sorffly Davius, 46, was an Army National Guard member who died in Kuwait on March 6.
A Navy service member died by suicide in September.
The Navy service member has not been publicly named, according to a US official who spoke with The Washington Post.
- Who
- Maj. Sorffly Davius and an unnamed Navy service member.
- What
- Two non-combat-related deaths were added to the US military death toll reported in connection with the Iran war.
- When
- Davius died on March 6; the Navy service member died in September. The years are not specified.
- Where
- Davius died in Kuwait; the Navy service member's location is not stated.
- Why
- The account says the Navy service member died by suicide; it does not state a reason for either death.
- Additional deaths
- Two
- Relation to combat
- Neither added death was combat related.
- Army National Guard member
- Maj. Sorffly Davius, age 46
- Davius's death
- Kuwait, March 6
- Navy service member
- Died by suicide in September; not publicly named
- Source attribution
- A US official spoke with The Washington Post.