A US soldier was killed in a roadside bomb blast south of Baghdad on Monday, the US military said on Wednesday.

"A soldier assigned to Task Force Baghdad was killed when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in south of Baghdad on Dec. 19," the military said in a statement.

The name of the soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, it added.

The death has brought to about 2,160 the number of US military personnel who have died in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003, according to media tally.

Source: Xinhua