A U.S. service member was killed in Iraq during an indirect rocket fire attack, the Pentagon announced on Saturday.
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said that one U.S. Marine was killed by rocket fire from the Islamic State at a base in northern Iraq while providing force protection fire support. Several other Marines were wounded in the attack and are receiving treatment for their injuries.
No other information was immediately available pending notification of next of kin.
CNN reported that U.S. forces at that base are training and advising Iraqi troops as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for the war against the Islamic State, confirmed the death of a coalition service member on Saturday.
“I’m saddened to announce that today we lost a coalition service member in Iraq. On behalf of @CJTFOIR, I express our sincerest condolences,” he tweeted.
The Marine killed on Saturday is the second to die in the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State. The last American death came last October, when Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler died. Wheeler was conducting an operation with Kurdish Peshmerga forces to free about 70 hostages when was killed by enemy small arms fire.
Wheeler was the first combat death in Iraq since president Obama pulled all U.S. troops out of the country in 2011.
This article has been updated with new information.
