The Department of Defense has identified the American soldier who died Sunday in a terror attack in Kenya carried out by Al Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab as Army Specialist Henry Mayfield Jr.
Mayfield, 23 of Evergreen Park, Illinois, was killed in the attack, the Pentagon announced in a press release on Monday. Mayfield was part of the Army's 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment, 164th Theater Airfield Operations Group in Fort Rucker, Alabama, according to the release.The Pentagon added that"the incident is under investigation."The attack occurred at a Kenya Defense Force airfield in Manda Bay, Kenya.
Read MoreIn addition to his wife, Harrison is survived by their two-year-old daughter and three step-children, Hope Harrison said, calling him"a hero, through and through." The second military contractor has not yet been named.The US military has also sent in the East Africa Response Force, which is there now to secure Manda Bay, according to Africa Command.The force is comprised of some 50 troops based out of Djibouti, a US defense official told CNN.
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