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— One American soldier died and another was injured in a vehicle accident southwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday.
The accident happened Saturday, the military said. It initially said the incident took place north of Baghdad but later corrected the location to southwest of the capital.
The vehicle involved was an M-984 wrecker, said military spokesman Maj. John Hall.
The non-combat death was the first reported death of an American soldier in Iraq in August. The soldiers' names were withheld until the families could be notified.
July had the lowest monthly U.S. death toll in Iraq since the start of the war, with a total of 11. In addition, the bodies of two American soldiers missing after an attack last year were found last month.
At least 4,128 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
