How This Fallen Teenage Soldier Puts Hegseth to Shame

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, was killed in action on July 17, 2026, during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.https://thedailybeast-thedailybeast-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/RIMKZD6RLZC2JDGB7RRQG5YABA.jpg?auth=2a0c595e5f7a902414534237254c827ac770432d9549f881392455ab5ba2cd43&smart=true&width=3000&height=1688" />
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On July 17, two days shy of a year after she left her Texas home to begin basic training, Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales was killed by an Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack in Jordan.

She was just 19.

“Such a young age,” former classmate Zuleyka Acosta told https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/friends-mourn-north-texas-teen-soldier-killed-in-iranian-strike/" rel="">CBS News Texas. “I think people need to recognize that she’s still just a teenager.”

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