WASHINGTON (AP) —348 U.S. troops have been wounded in the Iran war. The formal injury count, provided by Capt. Tim Hawkins, spokesman for U.S. Central Command, says six service members were wounded seriously.
Central Command said last Friday in a previous update that 303 troops were wounded, 10 of them seriously. It was not clear why the tally of serious injuries has since been decreased.
Hawkins says of the total wounded to date, 315 service members have returned to duty. It’s not clear whether the official U.S. military count includes the injured from multiple attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan air base last week.
Since the Iran war began, 13 U.S. service members have been killed in combat.