RELEASE No. 20110115-02
Jan. 15, 2011

BAGHDAD - Two U.S. service members were killed and one service member was wounded Saturday while conducting operations in northern Iraq.

The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.  The name and
condition of the wounded service member is not releasable.

The names of deceased service members are announced through the U.S. Department of Defense official website at http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/.  The announcements are made on the website no earlier than 24 hours after notification of the service member's primary next of kin.

The incident is currently under investigation.

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