Overview
- The Army identified 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, who died July 17, as one of three U.S. service members killed in an attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
- A dignified transfer of Gonzales’ remains was scheduled for Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base, the formal movement of the transfer case for mortuary processing and positive identification by military medical examiners.
- Gonzales was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment based in Ansbach, Germany, where she served as an air and missile defense crewmember.
- Carrollton officials held a City Council tribute, announced funeral plans for this weekend, and are coordinating a community vigil, a permanent tribute at the city veterans memorial, and local fundraisers to support her family.
- Defense Department statements attribute the deaths to an Islamic State bombing while at least one local report described an Iranian strike, and Gonzales is reported to have been posthumously promoted and expected to receive full military honors.