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First soldier dies in Iraq on U.S. mission against ISIL

First soldier dies in Iraq on U.S. mission against ISIL

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Pentagon on Friday reported the first death of a U.S. soldier in Iraq in its new mission to combat Islamic State in Iraq and Levant militants who have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria.

Marine Lance Corporal Sean Neal, a 19-year-old old from California, died in Baghdad on Thursday in what a Pentagon statement described as a non-combat incident. Further details about how Neal died were not immediately available.

Earlier this month, a U.S. Marine was deemed lost at sea after he fell from an aircraft into the Arabian Gulf./End/

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