U.S. Army soldiers patrol outside Contingency Operating Site Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 7, 2011.(Photo: Maya Alleruzzo, AP)
A U.S. servicemember was killed at a northern Iraqi base after it came under rocket attack, a U.S. military official told USA TODAY on Saturday.
Two rockets hit the base, but one didn't cause any casualties or damage, according to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the incident.
The servicemember was among a small unit of troops advising the 15th Division of the Iraqi army, the official said.
Earlier Saturday, the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State confirmed the death of a servicemember as a result of enemy action<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but didn't<span style="color: Red;">*</span>identify the person's nationality.
The last American servicemember to be killed in combat in Iraq was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler, 39,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>who died in October.
Wheeler,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Special Forces<span style="color: Red;">*</span>soldier from Roland, Okla., was killed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in a raid that freed 70 Islamic State hostages from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a makeshift prison in northern Iraq.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>He<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the first soldier to die in combat in Iraq since 2011 when U.S. forces withdrew after more than eight years of combat there.
USA TODAY
Soldier who died in raid to free Islamic State hostages identified
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