By Xinhua
Baghdad : An American soldier died of a non-combat related illness, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
The incident occurred on Thursday, a brief military statement said, adding that an investigation about the soldier’s death is underway.
The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notificationof next of kin, it added.
The latest death brings the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in Iraq to about 3,970 since the outbreak of the U.S.-led war on Iraq in 2003, according to media account based on Pentagon figures.
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