Pentagon identifies US soldier who died in Syria

By Jerry Dunleavy

Published May 1, 2019 1:50am ET

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Pentagon identifies US soldier who died in Syria — In this Saturday, Sept. 27 2014 photo, provided by the anti-government activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians walking amid the rubble of damaged houses following a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Syrian Observatory for Human Rights) | Uncredited

Late Monday night, the Department of Defense identified Pfc. Michael Thomason, 28, as the U.S. soldier who died in Syria on April 29.

Thomason, a member of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), was serving in Syria in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led mission aimed at defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, on his first deployment since enlisting in December 2017.

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