2 soldiers killed in separate noncombat incidents in Iraq, Kuwait

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced the deaths of two soldiers killed in separate, “non-combat” incidents earlier this week in Iraq and Kuwait.

Staff Sgt. Saul Fabian Gonzalez, 26, of Pullman, Mich., died Tuesday in Erbil, Iraq, and Sgt. 1st Class Emmett Wilfred Goodridge Jr., 40, of Roseville, Minn., died Sunday in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, according to a Defense Department statement.

No further details were given as to the cause of the deaths, which are both under investigation.

Gonzalez had been assigned to D Troop, 2nd...