BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A U.S. Marine was killed in a “non-combat” incident in the province of Salah al-Din, bringing to 14 the number of U.S. servicemen killed in Iraq this month, according to the U.S. army in Iraq on Friday.“The Marine was killed in a non-combat incident on Friday (April 24),” read a U.S. army statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The incident is under investigation,” it added, not giving further details.
Earlier on Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. “Cpl. William C. Comstock, 21, of Van Buren, Ark., died April 22 as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq,” the department said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq.