Pentagon quietly updates how it categorizes Iran war casualties

The changes separated the casualty numbers into two separate web pages, potentially making it more difficult to tally the war’s full toll.

The Pentagon has updated its military casualty database, increasing the number of US troops wounded in the war with Iran to 624 and restoring the deaths of four service members following recent Iranian strikes.According to CNN, the revised figures show 18 US troops have been…

18 U.S. service members have been killed and more than 600 have been wounded since the war began.

Figures are source of dispute as US defense department days ago reduced record of troops killed and wounded The Pentagon updated its official war casualty database over the weekend, adding more than 140 wounded service members. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) also…

The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Pentagon’s official casualty count