See President Trump’s senior administration memorializes soldiers killed in Iran war
President Trump joined top officials in Dover for the dignified transfer of six U.S. soldiers killed in an Iranian drone attack.
The Pentagon has confirmed that the seventh soldier killed in the Iran war was Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington (26). Pennington died on March 8 from injuries sustained during the March 1 attack on Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base.
Pennington, a resident of Glendale, Kentucky, was assigned to the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, Fort Carson, Colorado, according to a Department of Defense news release.
In a statement published in the X, Gov. Andy Beshear described Pennington as a “hero who sacrificed everything” for his country.
“Please join Briney and me in praying for his family and Kentuckians during this difficult time,” he wrote.
Six other Americans were killed in an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait. Beshear said March 4 that at least four of the soldiers belonged to an Iowa unit under the command group based at Fort Knox.
