Overview
- Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, died on March 8 from wounds sustained in an enemy attack at Prince Sultan Air Base on March 1.
- He served with the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade at Fort Carson, supporting missile warning, GPS and satellite communications missions.
- The Army said he will be posthumously promoted to staff sergeant; he enlisted in 2017 as a 92Y unit supply specialist and received multiple decorations.
- His death raises U.S. combat fatalities in the operation to seven, following six Army Reserve soldiers killed by an Iranian drone at Kuwait’s Port Shuaiba; President Donald Trump attended their dignified transfer on Saturday.
- The Pentagon says the Saudi Arabia incident is under investigation, and senior officials have cautioned that additional U.S. casualties are possible as operations continue.