Two U.S. Army soldiers deployed to the Middle East died in separate non-combat incidents.
The Department of Defense said the soldiers were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Sgt. 1st Class Emmett Wilfred Goodridge Jr., 40, of Roseville, Minnesota, died Sunday in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, as a result of an incident that was not combat-related, according to the DoD.
Goodridge was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, New York.
The incident is under investigation, officials said.
Three days later, Staff Sgt. Saul Fabian Gonzalez, 26, of Pullman, Michigan, died in Erbil, Iraq, in a separate incident that was not combat-related, according to the DoD.
Gonzalez was an Apache helicopter mechanic assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
The Pentagon announced on Wednesday the tragic loss of two U.S. soldiers in the Middle East in what appears to be two unrelated non-combat…
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