The number of U.S. service members who died during the U.S. war with Iran has risen to 23 following the latest update to the Pentagon’s official Defense Casualty Analysis System database.
According to the database, 11 deaths occurred in combat and 12 resulted from noncombat causes.

The latest two casualties were airmen. One died of illness, while the cause of the other’s death was not specified and the investigation remains ongoing.
In a statement on October 10, the Pentagon had announced that 21 U.S. service members had died in the war.