{"id":1225,"date":"2026-03-09T22:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:21:34","slug":"department-of-war-identifies-latest-soldier-killed-in-conflict-as-26-year-old-from-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/department-of-war-identifies-latest-soldier-killed-in-conflict-as-26-year-old-from-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of War identifies latest soldier killed in conflict as 26-year-old from Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest soldier killed amid the Iran war has been identified.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, died Sunday, a week after being injured.<\/p>\n

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Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, died after an attack at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.<\/span>(U.S. Army)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the\u00a0Department of War, Pennington was injured during an attack on March 1 at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Pennington was from Glendale, Kentucky. He was assigned to Fort Carson in Colorado.<\/p>\n

This marks the eighth death of a service member since Feb. 28; seven of them were combat related.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Gray Local Media, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The latest soldier killed amid the Iran war has been identified. Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, died Sunday, a week after being injured. Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, died after an attack at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.(U.S. Army) According to the\u00a0Department of War, Pennington was injured during an attack on March 1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1226,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birdstone-n.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}