IRAQ: U.S. casualties identified

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The Defense Department identified two soldiers killed in Iraq, where at least 4,096 American military personnel have died since the war began in 2003.

Staff Sgt. Tyler E. Pickett, 28, of Saratoga, Wyo., was killed by a roadside bomb Sunday in the Kirkuk area. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Ft. Drum, N.Y.
Spc. Thomas F. Duncan III, 21, of Rowlett, Texas, died Monday in Sinjar, Iraq, of wounds suffered in combat. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Ft. Lewis, Wash.