五角大楼国防伤亡分析系统上周将近期美伊冲突中阵亡的4名士兵及数十名伤员从官方伊朗战争死伤统计中移除，改列到新设的"海外行动"类别中。[1]根据五角大楼的新分类，这4名陆军士兵死亡及207人受伤现已归入该新类别。[1]
五角大楼发言人乔尔·瓦尔德斯将统计数字的波动解释为"数据异常"和"临时数据中断"。[1]截至周二，官方统计伊朗战争死伤为18人阵亡、482人受伤；到周三统计数字下降至14人死亡、420人受伤。[1]不过，一名美国官员表示实际伤员数已超过500人。[1]
这4名阵亡士兵分别在两起事件中殉职：7月17日约旦基地遭伊朗导弹和无人机打击造成3人死亡，7月18日伊拉克1人在无人机拆除中阵亡。[1]特朗普在Truth Social上确认"伊朗军事冲突"已造成18人死亡。[1]
美伊战争始于2月28日，4月停火后中旬签署临时协议。[1]7月7日伊朗攻击霍尔木兹海峡商船后冲突重启。[1]
The Pentagon's Defense Casualty Analysis System reclassified four soldiers killed during recent U.S.-Iran hostilities, removing them from the official Iran war casualty count and placing them instead in a newly created "Overseas Operations" category [1]. This shift has raised questions about the accuracy of American military casualty reporting.
The four Army soldiers who died were moved along with dozens of wounded personnel out of the Iran war statistics [1]. The new classification now lists four deaths and 207 wounded under the separate "Overseas Operations" designation [1]. As of Tuesday, the official Iran war tally stood at 18 killed and 482 wounded, but that figure dropped to 14 deaths and 420 wounded by Wednesday, with a U.S. official noting that actual wounded personnel exceed 500 [1].
Pentagon spokesperson Joel Waldes attributed the reduction to "data anomalies" and "temporary data interruptions" [1]. The deaths occurred during intensified fighting: on July 17, an Iranian missile and drone strike on a Jordanian base killed three service members, and on July 18, one American died while dismantling a drone in Iraq [1]. President Trump confirmed on Truth Social that the "Iran military conflict" had caused 18 deaths [1].
The U.S.-Iran military engagement began on February 28, followed by a ceasefire in April and a temporary agreement signed mid-month [1]. Fighting resumed on July 7 after Iran attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz [1].