Pentagon Pete Strips Fallen Heroes of Status as War Dead

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A Pentagon website has removed the names of four U.S. service members killed in Donald Trump’s war with Iran from its list of casualties.

The Defense Casualty Analysis System, a Defense Department website that keeps track of those killed during Operation Epic Fury, https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/conflictCasualties/oefu/deaths" rel="" target="_blank" title="https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/conflictCasualties/oefu/deaths">currently has a tally of seven “hostile” and seven “non-hostile” casualties, for a total of 14.

But that’s four less than the number of deaths the site had listed on Wednesday, The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/us/politics/iran-troop-deaths.html?smid=url-share" rel="" target="_blank" title="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/us/politics/iran-troop-deaths.html?smid=url-share">reported.

It’s also less than the number that Trump himself has acknowledged.

One death, he said on Thursday, “is too many, but it’s 18.”

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