Army Private First Class Isabella Gonzales

Army Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, served as a 14P Air and Missile Defense Crewmember with the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, based in Ansbach, Germany. She was killed in action on July 17, 2026, during an Iranian ballistic-missile and drone attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

Born February 22, 2007, PFC Gonzales was raised in Carrollton and graduated from Hebron High School on May 31, 2025. She had participated in Junior ROTC and enlisted in the Army shortly before graduating, reportedly hoping to make her family proud. She departed for basic training on July 20, 2025, and later volunteered for the deployment to Jordan.

Friends remembered her as an outgoing young woman who loved dancing, hoped to become a veterinarian and brought a “pop of color” to their lives. Her fiancé, Anthony Tapia, remembered Gonzales as “funny, playful, charismatic, and so full of life.”

Private Gonzales was posthumously promoted to Private First Class. She was survived by her parents and siblings.