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"},{"text":"The 25-year-old Army sergeant “is believed to have been killed in action on July 17, 2026, during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan”, the Department of War said."},{"text":"“The incident is under investigation”, it said."},{"text":"She was previously listed as missing and her \"status was updated to a Duty Status – Whereabouts Unknown and is believed to be deceased”, the statement said."},{"text":"Rampersad is from the Indian community of immigrants from Guyana, and her father was identified by a local Democratic Party leader as Basdeo Rampersad. "},{"text":"The Pentagon said she is from Ozone Park neighbourhood of Queens borough of New York City, which has a large community of Indian-descent Guyanese. "},{"text":"The Democratic Party leader, Pesach Osina, hailed her as “truly a gift to everyone who knew her”, and said she “wanted to serve, protect others, and do her duty with courage and humility”. "},{"text":"Osina, who is the Democratic Party nominee for the State Assembly constituency her family lives in, said on X that since the tragedy he has \"remained close” to the sergeant’s father Basdeo Rampersad and her family, including her mother, Carol Acevedo."},{"text":"President Donald Trump has vowed to avenge the attack on her and the other US Army personnel confirmed killed in the Friday attack."},{"text":"He said on Wednesday that Iran is \"going to pay a big price\" for the attack."},{"text":"Earlier he wrote on Truth Social, \"Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over\"."},{"text":"If her death is confirmed, she would be the fourth US Army personnel killed in the attack on the base as the US-Iran conflict that flared up anew last month when the tenuous peace under the memorandum of understanding between the two countries was broken."},{"text":"So far 18 US military personnel have been confirmed killed since the conflict broke out in February after Israel and the US began air attacks on Iranian leadership."},{"text":"Rampersad, who is with the10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, Ansbach in Germany, was on duty in Jordan when Iran rained drones on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. 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