By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-07-22 01:08:25 | Updated at 2026-07-22 02:37:57
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A Jordanian Armed Forces UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter takes flight as a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter prepares to lift off during Eager Lion 2024 at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, on May 16, 2024. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nataja Ford
A United States soldier previously reported missing after an attack in Jordan is now believed to have been killed in action, the Department of War stated Tuesday.
He has been identified as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, and is believed to have died during an enemy attack on July 17 at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
U.S. Central Command had previously reported Rampersad as missing following the attack.
Rampersad’s death raises the total number of U.S. troops killed in the Iran war to 18 since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28.
Earlier Tuesday, the Pentagon identified two other soldiers who were killed on July 17 in action at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan to be 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales. They were killed by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ballistic missile and drone attacks on the air base.
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed in action at Erbil Air Base in Iraq on July 19. Swinton died during a controlled detonation of an unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone.
President Donald Trump responded to news of the U.S. soldiers’ deaths with a post on Truth Social on July 20.
“Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over!” Trump wrote. “This directive has been passed on to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine, and every Leader in the Military.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
