PHOTO COURTESY OF WENDY WITT U.S. Army Reserve Master Sergeant Josh Steinback of Toledo, right, was severely injured in a March 1 Iranian drone strike in Kuwait that killed six soldiers with the 103rd Sustainment Command. He is pictured alongside his wife Angela, left.

BETHESDA, MD. — Master Sergeant Josh Steinback of Toledo was severely injured in Kuwait during an initial round of retaliatory Iranian airstrikes on March 1, and he is returning to the U.S. to begin what is expected to be a lengthy recovery.

Steinback serves in the U.S. Army Reserves, and his wife, Angela, is employed at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown as an LPN. In a Facebook post, the Tama American Legion Community Event Center at 1105 E. 5th St. announced that all proceeds from the 2025-2026 fish fry season would go directly toward supporting the Steinback family. On Friday, a family member shared that Josh and Angela were in the process of traveling from a facility in Germany to Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and Angela praised the Wounded Warrior Project for its assistance in replacing lost luggage and providing food and lodging as she traveled overseas.

As it currently stands, 13 American soldiers have been killed in the ongoing conflict with Iran, and at least 170 have been wounded. The drone strike in Kuwait that injured Steinback killed a total of six soldiers, all of whom were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command of the Army Reserve based in Des Moines.

Back in December of 2025, Iowa Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel “Nate” Howard of Marshalltown and Staff Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar of Des Moines were killed in a terrorist attack in Palmyra, Syria.