Marines with Battery N, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, fire an M777 A2 howitzer during a series of integrated firing exercises at the Combat Center's Quakenbush Training Area April 26, 2013. USMC photo by Cpl William J. Jackson
Reuters: U.S. soldiers in Iraq were killed by artillery 'mishap': Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Army artillery "mishap" was responsible for the deaths of two U.S. service members in northern Iraq over the weekend, a Pentagon official said on Monday.
Two U.S. service members were killed and five injured in northern Iraq on Sunday.
In a statement later on Monday the Pentagon identified those killed as Sergeant Allen Stigler Jr., 22, of Arlington, Texas, and Sergeant Roshain E. Brooks, 30, of Brooklyn, New York, both members of the 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers.
The U.S. Army is investigating the incident, it said.
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More News On Why Two U.S. Soldiers Were Killed In Iraq On Sunday
Two US soldiers killed in ‘mishap’ while firing artillery at ISIS in Iraq -- Business Insider/AP
Brooklyn sergeant among two killed in Iraq mortar accident -- New York Daily News
Artillery Mishap Killed Two US Soldiers in Iraq -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes
Pentagon IDs soldiers killed in artillery blast in Iraq -- The Hill
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