WASHINGTON (AP) —The U.S. military tally of deaths in the Iran war has risen to 14. That’s after a Navy pilot died in a helicopter crash on July 1 in the Arabian Sea. The Navy initially called it an emergency landing and said there was “no indication the emergency was caused by hostile action.”
The Pentagon’s war casualty count added one non-hostile death in July. A U.S. Central Command spokesman confirmed it was the pilot.
It’s the first death since 13 service members were killed in two separate incidents in March at the beginning of the war.
A total of 414 service members have been wounded, including a U.S. Air Force member added Monday.
While Iran and the U.S. have resumed strikes, it’s unclear if that’s what led to the injury. U.S. Central Command and the Air Force wouldn’t offer details. Most troops were wounded in March, while 34 were wounded in April and three in June.