U.S. Marine, Soldier Killed in 2 Attacks
The U.S. military announced the deaths of a Marine and a soldier in separate incidents in Iraq.
Cpl. Brian Oliveira, 22, of Raynham, Mass., died Monday of injuries inflicted by enemy action in Al Anbar province, a Pentagon statement said. Oliveira was assigned to Camp Pendleton, Calif.
In the other incident, a soldier with the Army’s 13th Corps Support Command was killed and a second was wounded when a motorcycle blew up next to their convoy Wednesday near Balad, the U.S. military reported.
Few details of the incident were announced, and the name of the soldier who was killed was not immediately released.
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