7th US Soldier Dies of Wounds — Succumbed to March 1 Saudi Arabia Attack Injuries

US Central Command announced that an American service member who was wounded in an Iranian attack on US troops in Saudi Arabia on March 1 — Day 2 of the war — had succumbed to their wounds. 'This is the seventh service member killed in action during Operation Epic Fury,' CENTCOM stated. The soldier's identity was withheld pending notification of next of kin within 24 hours. The death raises the US military fatality count to 7, up from 6. The March 1 attack in Saudi Arabia was one of the earliest Iranian strikes of the war — targeting US forces at a time when the campaign was still in its opening phase. The fact that a soldier wounded on Day 2 died on Day 9 suggests the March 1 attack caused severe injuries that proved fatal despite medical treatment. Operation Epic Fury is the US military's official operational name for its campaign against Iran — the first time the US has publicly given the operation a codename. The naming of the operation suggests the Pentagon is treating this as a major sustained campaign equivalent in significance to Operation Inherent Resolve (counter-ISIS) or Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan).