US Defense Secretary Esper Reminds Public That Only 1 Active Duty Servicemember Has Died From Coronavirus

Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington on Dec. 20, 2019. Susan Walsh/AP

FOX News: Esper reminds public that only 1 active duty servicemember has died from coronavirus

The one active service member died in April

Only 1 active-duty service member has died from coronavirus among 1.3 million since the outbreak of the pandemic.

The United States military has active personnel deployed worldwide, spread over 150 countries. As many as 165,000 are assigned permanently in foreign countries, according to the Defense Manpower Data Center.

On its website, the Department of Defense lists eight military deaths due to COVID-19, but that number includes guard or reserve service members.

The one service member, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Charles Robert Thacker Jr., 41, died in April. Thacker Jr. served on the Theodore Roosevelt.

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WNU Editor: In short .... 1 active duty service member (out of 1.3 million) has been lost to the coronavirus.