"We lost two this weekend," confirmed Schofield spokesman Kendrick Washington.

The dead soldiers' identities were being withheld pending notification of primary and secondary family members, Washington said.

The soldiers belong to Task Force Lightning in northern Iraq. Another soldier with the task force was wounded by enemy fire near Mosul today and died at a U.S. military hospital. Schofield Barracks was still trying to determine is that soldier was Hawai'i-based.

A soldier attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade out of Schofield Barracks was killed in Iraq on Sept. 13 near Mosul. The Pentagon identified Capt. Matthew C. Mattingly, 30, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, as being killed.

The 82nd Airborne Division soldier's OH-58D Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter was fired on during combat operations, the military said.

On Sept. 6, Pfc. Jeremy Shank, 18, became the first 25th Infantry Division casualty for this latest deployment when he died in Balad of injuries also received in Hawija, a Sunni stronghold. He was shot during a security foot patrol, the Pentagon said.

The Jackson, Mo., man was posthumously promoted to corporal.

More than 7,000 25th Infantry Division soldiers from Hawai'i are serving in northern Iraq.

On Sept. 12, a formal "transfer of authority" was held at Contingency Operating Base Speicher near Tikrit to transfer U.S. command of northern Iraq and Multinational Division-North to Maj. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon from Schofield Barracks.