The Pentagon has identified two U.S. soldiers killed in an artillery mishap in Iraq on Sunday.
Sgt. Roshain Euvince Brooks, 30, of Brooklyn, New York and Spc. Allen Levi Stigler Jr., 22, of Arlington, Texas, were members of 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
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The American soldiers were part of a coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq. Five other soldiers who were part of the same Army artillery section that was firing on an ISIS mortar site also suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the incident, Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said. All seven soldiers were evacuated by air and two later died.
There was “no indication” ISIS was responsible for the two deaths and injuries, Manning said.
At least 6,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq.
