Fallujah, Iraq, Aug 20, SPA -- Two U.S. Marines were killed inaction in Iraq's volatile Anbar province, the U.S. militarysaid Friday. One Marine assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Forcedied of wounds received in action Wednesday, the militarysaid in a statement. The second Marine was killed in actionThursday while conducting "security and stabilityoperations" in Anbar, the statement said. As of Thursday, 947 U.S. service members have died sincethe beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003,according to the U.S. Defense Department.--SPA1530 Local Time 1230 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/193545