A 25-year Army soldier from Hawaii was identified by the Pentagon today as one of two U.S. service members killed in Jordan when Iran launched missiles at a military base there.

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The Pentagon said in a statement that 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, of Ewa Beach, was killed in action Saturday, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, was killed in action Friday.

Feehan was assigned to the 32nd Army Air Missile Defense Command in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Gonzales was assigned to the 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command in Ansbach, Germany.

The two soldiers were killed in an Iranian missile barrage in Jordan that left another soldier missing. On Sunday, a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter said that remains recovered at scene were believed to be those of the missing soldier.

It was the first deadly attack on U.S. personnel since the ceasefire last month.

A third service member was killed in northern Iraq during the disposal of a downed Iranian attack drone Saturday, the Pentagon said. That individual’s identity has not been released.

The fatalities raised to 17 the number of U.S. military personnel confirmed to have been killed in the war since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28.

The deaths came during a week of spiraling attacks by both sides. U.S. forces launched a new round of attacks in Iran on Sunday, according to U.S. Central Command.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the loss of the U.S. soldiers “only stiffens our resolve.”

U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, a Hawaii Demcrat, said in a written statement, “I join people across Hawaii and throughout our nation in mourning the tragic loss of First Lieutenant Tyler J. Feehan of Ewa Beach. Today, my thoughts and aloha are with 1st Lt Feehan’s family, and the families of all the brave servicemembers killed and injured in this war. As we honor their service and sacrifice, I remain committed to doing everything in my power to bring an end to this war.”

This morning, at a tidy brick home in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton where Gonzales grew up, her mother answered the door in tears. She was glad her daughter’s name had been made public, she said, but she was not ready to talk about her yet.

An American flag hung from the front of the home. A few other people arrived to be with the family, including several children. “She was a soldier,” Gonzales’ uncle, Ricardo Moniz, said, before returning inside. “We’re going to remember her like that.”

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Mitch Little, a Texas state representative, said in a statement that Gonzales had graduated from Hebron High School in Carrollton. “Isabella lost her life in service of our country,” he added, “and we owe her a debt of gratitude that we cannot repay.

Four U.S. service members wounded in Friday’s attack were taken to Jordanian hospitals and have been discharged, the command said in a statement Saturday, adding that more U.S. troops received minor injuries and had been returned to duty, without specifying how many.

The U.S. military said early Sunday that it had attacked Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, as well as the Revolutionary Guard forces responsible for striking U.S. forces in Jordan.

Iran retaliated with strikes on Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, Middle East countries where the United States maintains a significant military presence. In recent days, Iranian attacks have increasingly damaged critical infrastructure, including an oil facility and power and water treatment plants in Kuwait, according to authorities.

Jordan’s air defenses shot down three Iranian missiles that targeted the country, the Jordanian military said, while a fourth landed in an unpopulated area. Video verified by The New York Times showed a plume of smoke rising over King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba, just across the border with Israel.

In other war news:

>> U.S. officials who were not authorized to publicly discuss operational matters said Sunday that Air Force F-16 fighter jets from Germany and stealthy F-35 jets from Britain were being sent to the Middle East. Additional aerial refueling aircraft were also on the way, according to the officials.

>> The Iranian attacks on Jordan which killed the two U.S. personnel were the fourth in five days in the country, underlining the Arab nation’s growing strategic importance as a host for U.S. forces in the region.

>> At least 50 people in Iran have been killed since the escalation began earlier this month, according to the Iranian Health Ministry. Residents say they live in fear of the attacks.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times. Honolulu Star-Advertiser staff contributed to this report.

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