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An
American service member was killed by “direct fire” during combat
against ISIS forces in Iraq, a U.S. military official told the
Associated Press.
American Navy SEAL killed by 'direct fire' during combat against ISIS in Iraq
BY Dan Good
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 8:03 PM
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Carter: American Serviceman Killed in Iraq
AP
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The deadly attack happened near Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. The service member was a Navy SEAL, later identified as Charlie Keating IV, of Arizona.
The dead military man was the grandson of the infamous financier Charles Keating Jr., who was the head of Lincoln Savings and Loan when it collapsed in 1989. The bank's demise cost U.S. taxpayers $3.4 billion.
Keating Jr., who served some 50 months in prison for fraud, died in 2014 at the age of 90.
The American was two to three miles behind the Peshmerga front line when ISIS forces reportedly broke through. The details surrounding the service member's death remain unclear.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaking to reporters Tuesday in Stuttgart, Germany, described the matter as a “combat death.”
Google Earth The soldier was killed near Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city.
“A Coalition service member was killed in northern Iraq as a result of enemy fire,” the U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said in a statement. “Further information will be released as appropriate.”
Keating was engaged to be married in November, family friend Robert Whitely wrote on Facebook from San Diego, Calif. His fiancee, Brooke, "was supposed to buy her wedding dress this week," Whitley wrote.
"Charlie, a Navy Seal on a dangerous mission in Iraq, was shot and killed last night. I can barely speak. I am devastated that my good friends have suffered this tragedy," wrote Whitley.
REUTERS The American was two to three miles behind the Peshmerga front line when ISIS forces reportedly broke through.
This is the third death of a U.S. service member since the U.S.-led coalition’s operation against the Islamic State group began in the Summer of 2014.
With News Wire Services
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