COSTELLO: And good morning. I'm Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me. A U.S. service member has been killed in northern Syria. It happened on Thanksgiving Day after an IED blast. Joining us with more on what happened, CNN senior Washington correspondent Joe Johns. Hi, Joe.</s>JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Carol. We do know this happened in northern Syria near Raqqah. We don't know a whole lot about what happened with this service member. The joint task force responsible said this person was killed, as you reported, when an improvised explosive device went off. One of the things we do know is that Americans are working in Syria, hundreds of them, in fact, serving in an advice and assist capacity to help the local forces deal with ISIS. We do not have a name of this individual and hoping of course the military can give us that. Defense Secretary did put --
U.S. Service Member Killed by IED in Syria.