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US Military Identifies Third Service Member Killed in Jordan Attack
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US Military Identifies Third Service Member Killed in Jordan Attack

The United States military has identified a third service member killed in an attack in Jordan. Officials previously named two other soldiers who died in the incident.

08/21/2026 · California edition

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WASHINGTON – The United States military identified Angel S. Rampersad as a third service member killed in Jordan. The Department of Defense previously named two other soldiers.

The incident occurred last Friday. Authorities attributed the attack to Iranian forces.

Defense officials had earlier identified Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett as service members who died in the attack.

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