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/