{"id":5300,"date":"2026-07-18T18:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/18\/2-u-s-service-members-killed-1-missing-after-iranian-attack-in-jordan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:53:10","slug":"2-u-s-service-members-killed-1-missing-after-iranian-attack-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=5300","title":{"rendered":"2 U.S. service members killed, 1 missing after Iranian attack in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"storytitle\">\n<h1>2 U.S. service members killed, 1 missing after Iranian attack in Jordan<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORYTITLE\" --><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-meta\" class=\"story-meta has-byline\">\n<div class=\"story-meta__one\">\n<div class=\"story-meta__one-inner\">\n<div class=\"dateblock\">\n    <time datetime=\"2026-07-18T14:14:11-04:00\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"date\">July 18, 2026<\/span><span class=\"time\">2:14 PM ET<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__ONE-INNER\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__ONE\" --><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-meta__two\">\n<div id=\"storybyline\" class=\"storybyline-wrap linkLocation\">\n<div class=\"bucketwrap byline\">\n<div class=\"byline-container--block\">\n<p class=\"byline__name--block\">By\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"byline byline--block byline--has-link\" aria-label=\"Byline\">\n<p class=\"byline__name byline__name--block\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/g-s1-23120\/chandelis-duster\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n      Chandelis Duster<br \/>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP BYLINE\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORY-META__TWO\" -->\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"STORY-META\" CLASS=\"STORY-META HAS-BYLINE\" --><\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\" class=\"storytext storylocation linkLocation\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-134461\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"--source-width: 8640;--source-height: 5760\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6f%2Fcb%2Fe423cf1649e9ae53129947d0ed55%2Fap26199606900128.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/8640x5760+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6f%2Fcb%2Fe423cf1649e9ae53129947d0ed55%2Fap26199606900128.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"A man displays a placard with portraits of the current and late supreme leaders and the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. 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Qassem Soleimani at the Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n                    Vahid Salemi\/AP<br \/>\n                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><\/p>\n<p>              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><br \/>\n        Vahid Salemi\/AP<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two U.S. service members were killed, one is missing and four others were medically evacuated after Iranian attacks on in Jordan on Friday, according to the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>The four American service members who were evacuated to Jordanian hospitals have since been discharged, U.S. Central Command <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2078528343000166778\" target=\"_blank\">said in a social media post<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Out of respect for the families, CENTCOM will withhold additional information, including the identities of the fallen warriors, until 24 hours after the next of kin have been notified,&#8221; 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