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Four American service members killed this month have been removed from the government's official Iran war death toll, dropping the count from 18 to 14.
An official death toll is the Pentagon's formal public record of personnel killed in a given conflict: the figure it reports to Congress, to the press, and to the public.
The four deaths did not disappear from reality; they were taken out of the ledger. What the numbers show The Defense Department previously reported 18 deaths in the Iran war.
The difference is exactly the four service members killed this month, who were removed from the official tally. The reporting on this change provides no Pentagon explanation for why the four were cut from the count.
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