BAGHDAD, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Three American service members, including two pilots, were killed in two incidents in Iraq on Sunday, the U.S. military said Monday.

    A U.S. marine attached to Multi National Force-West died of injuries sustained of a non-combat incident in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a military statement said without providing further details.

    Earlier, another military statement said two U.S. pilots have been killed in a helicopter crash Sunday in Salahudin province north of Baghdad.

    The two were killed during a hard landing in the province, the statement said without giving more details.

    The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, it added.

    The latest deaths bring the number of U.S. service members who have been killed in Iraq to more than 4,360, since the breakout of the U.S.-led war on Iraq in 2003, according to media account based on Pentagon figures.

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