IIRC, Kelly was killed in an accident, an overturned car, I believe.
Yeah, I've read a couple reports about the incident, during the approach to the Baghdad airport. The nightime assault to the airport was fast, with firing on both sides & blackout driving over unfamiliar terrain. Kelly took some real risks by joing in the assault. Unfortunately, the risk caught up with him. To say he was killed in a "car accident" doesn't really capture the circumstances, in my opinion, but in the end I guess it doesn't really matter whether the death is called "combat" or "accident" or whatever.