Non-combat:Sgt. Tracy Renee Birkman dies in Iraq

Soldier dies in Iraq of non-combat injuries

The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jan 28, 2008 9:45:14 EST

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Fort Campbell-based soldier died Friday of non-combat injuries in Owesat, Iraq.

Sgt. Tracy Renee Birkman died, 41, of New Castle, Va., was assigned to the 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division.

Also this weekend, two soldiers were killed in separate bombings in Baghdad, the military said Sunday.

A Multi-National Division-Baghdad soldier died Sunday after the soldier’s vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in northeastern Baghdad, according to a statement.

Another soldier was killed Saturday by a bomb during a foot patrol near Kazimiyah, a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in northern Baghdad, the military said separately.

Identities were not released pending notification of relatives.