Lowered Number of Troop Deaths on Pentagon Site Upsets Military Families
The change in the number to 14 from 18 this week has prompted scrutiny over the Defense Department’s accounting and reporting practices.
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By Tim ArangoGeorgia Gee and Pooja Salhotra
July 25, 2026, 2:34 p.m. ET
A change in the count of those killed as a result of the war in Iran has some veterans, military families and lawmakers expressing outrage and calling for more transparency from the Pentagon.
Earlier this week, the Pentagon had reported on its website that 18 service members had been killed, but that number was later lowered to 14.
The change was made because the four service members killed recently in Jordan and Iraq had died after a cease-fire had been declared by President Trump in April, military officials told The New York Times on condition of anonymity to describe sensitive internal discussions.
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