{"id":55561,"date":"2026-03-10T01:51:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=55561"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:18:49","slug":"glendale-soldier-dies-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/glendale-soldier-dies-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Glendale Soldier Dies In Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/glendale-soldier-dies-in-iran\/benjamin-n-pennington\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Benjamin-N-Pennington.avif\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Benjamin N Pennington\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Benjamin-N-Pennington-1024x576.avif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Benjamin-N-Pennington-125x125.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-55562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Benjamin-N-Pennington-125x125.avif 125w, https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Benjamin-N-Pennington-150x150.avif 150w, http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Benjamin-N-Pennington.avif 250w, http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Benjamin-N-Pennington.avif 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nThe U.S Department of War announced Monday morning that a Kentucky soldier died while supporting Operation Epic Fury in Iran.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The soldier, identified as 26 year-old Sergeant Benjamin Pennington of Glendale, died Sunday from injuries sustained on a March 1 attack at the Prince Sultan Air Base.<\/p>\n<p>The Army did not say what he was doing when he was injured, other than he had been serving with the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade since 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Pennington is a 2017 graduate of Central Hardin High School. He was also enrolled in the Hardin County Schools Automotive Technology Pathway at the Hardin County Schools Early College and Career Center.<\/p>\n<p>Pennington is the eighth combat death and the ninth casualty of a serviceman or woman since February 28.<br \/>\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S Department of War announced Monday morning that a Kentucky soldier died while supporting Operation Epic Fury in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":55562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Benjamin-N-Pennington.avif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-es9","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 08:43:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55563,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55561\/revisions\/55563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}