Military says 6 servicemen die in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two U.S. Marines and three U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks, while another American soldier died of non-combat injuries in Iraq, the U.S. military said Monday.

A roadside bomb killed a soldier of the 1/34th Brigade Combat Team who was conducting a convoy escort mission north of Baghdad on Monday, the military said.

A separate statement from the U.S. military in Balad also said a soldier with the 15th Sustainment Brigade died of non-combat injuries on Monday.

The military said two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 were killed Sunday in fighting in the volatile Anbar province west of Baghdad, while a roadside bomb killed a soldier from the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division near the northern city of Mosul.

Another soldier, from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, was killed Sunday by a roadside bomb near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, the military said.

The names of the dead were being withheld until military officials could contact their families.

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