US Vice President JD Vance salutes as members of a US Army team carry a flagged-drapped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26 during a dignified transfer event at Dover Air Force Base

US Vice President JD Vance salutes as members of a US Army team carry a flagged-drapped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26 during a dignified transfer event at Dover Air Force Base

 Brendan SMIALOWSKI

US Vice President JD Vance on Monday attended the dignified transfer ceremony for the seventh soldier killed in the Middle East war. 

US Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, 26, died March 8 from injuries sustained in a March 1 strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. 

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