The Pentagon announced that Sgt Angel S Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, was also “believed to have been killed in action” during the attack at the Muwaffaq Salti airbase. The Pentagon said Rampersad was assigned to 1st battalion, 57th air defense artillery regiment, 52nd air defense artillery brigade, 10th army air and missile defense command in Ansbach, Germany.