U.S. Soldier Is Killed in Iraq

03/29/2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. soldier was killed in a non-hostile incident in Iraq, the military said Tuesday.

The soldier, assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, died March 28 in a “non-hostile incident,” the military said in a statement from Camp Fallujah.

The statement said the soldier died “in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.”

The name of the soldier was being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

As of Tuesday, at least 1,527 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.