The US State Department confirmed the death of another American citizen in the war in Ukraine, but the department refused to name the deceased and the circumstances of his death..

“We can confirm the death of a US citizen in Ukraine. However, out of respect for the family's privacy, we are not commenting at this time,"

As CNN found out, apparently we are talking about the missing US Marine Corps veteran Grady Kurpasi.. The last time his wife and close friends heard from Kurpasi was in April..

According to Newsweek, there are already at least six Americans killed in the war in Ukraine.

Last month, American citizens Luc Luciszyn and Brian Young were killed along with two citizens of Canada and Sweden.. Other Americans killed in combat in Ukraine include 22-year-old Willie Joseph Kansel, who died in combat in April, and 52-year-old Steven Zabelsky, who was killed in May in the village of Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region..

In addition, Russian-backed terrorists are holding two U.S. volunteers fighting for Ukraine in Donetsk.. U.S. citizens Alexander John-Robert Druke, 39, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Andy Tai Ngoc Gyuyin, 27, of Hartsell, Alabama, fought alongside Ukrainian forces north of Kharkov before being captured.

The US State Department once again stressed that US citizens are not advised to travel to Ukraine due to active hostilities and urged their citizens to immediately leave the country.