PENTAGON CONFIRMS ‘1ST US SOLDIER’ DEAD IN IRAQ ANTI-ISIS CAMPAIGN (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, October 25, 2014, 09:26

A 19-year-old mortarman has become the first US soldier to die in the fight against ISIS in Iraq, albeit from a “non-combat injury,” the Pentagon acknowledged.

The death of Marine Lance Corporal Sean P. Neal of Riverside, California, which occurred on Thursday in Baghdad, is under investigation, according to the Pentagon. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and was one of 1,600 US troops serving in Iraq. Pentagon officials confirmed his death Friday night.

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