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Dignified Transfer for Kentucky Soldier Who Was the 7th US Service Member to Die in Iran War
Benjamin Pennington was posthumously promoted after dying from wounds in an Iran attack; he is the seventh U.S. service member killed in the conflict, officials said.
- On Monday, the remains of a soldier from Kentucky were returned in a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, after dying Sunday from wounds in an attack by Iran.
- Pennington served in the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade and enlisted in 2017 as a unit supply specialist.
- Local officials and the school district offered condolences, and Gen. Sean Gainey praised Pennington as a hero, while the Army announced a posthumous promotion and flags were lowered to half-staff.
- Vice President JD Vance and senior military leaders attended the Dover transfer while President Donald Trump was absent, with the president having met families at a separate ceremony.
- Senior officials have warned more casualties are likely as U.S. operations against Iran continue, two days after six soldiers in Kuwait were brought home, and the Kentucky soldier is the seventh killed.
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The seventh US service member killed in the conflict with Iran — a 26-year-old from Kentucky — was brought home Monday evening in a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Dignified transfer for Kentucky soldier who was the 7th US service member to die in Iran war
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance joined the grieving family of a Kentucky man who was the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war as his remains were brought back to the U.S. Monday evening.The dignified transfer, a solemn event that honors U.S. service members killed in action, took place at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for Army Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky. He died Sunday …
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