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Meeks wants Queens soldier included in Iran war death count
['Ryan Schwach']
Queens News - Queens Daily Eagle
By Ryan SchwachA Queens congressmember blasted the Trump administration for removing Staff Sergeant Angel Sarah Rampersad, who was from Queens, and three others from the Iran war’s official death toll.
Congressmember Gregory Meeks told the Eagle on Monday he wants Rampersad and the three other troops put back on the war’s death toll to honor their sacrifice.
Michael Emmanuel Swinton, from the official count of Iran war casualties on their website.
Rampersad, a 28-year-old Queens local who worked maintaining battlefield communications, was killed on July 17 when an Iranian missile struck the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan where she was stationed.
“She loved life, she served her community, she prayed in her local churches, she served her country.