Iranian missiles killed 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales in Jordan on Friday, one year after she graduated from her Texas high school.
1st Lt. Tyler Feehan, 25, died the next day, weeks from finishing his MBA and set to be married when he came home. The Army named them today and will posthumously promote Feehan to captain. Also today, the Pentagon admitted nearly 100 soldiers have been wounded in two weeks, a number it confirmed only after CNN discovered its casualty database running weeks behind.
The government records its dead and honors them. There is no field in the database for a wedding that will never happen.
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