"The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Octave Shield. Spc. Henry J. Mayfield Jr., 23, from Evergreen Park, Illinois, was killed Jan. 5, 2020, during an attack in Manda Bay, Kenya."
The army installation at Manda Bay is there to support anti-terrorism efforts of our Eastern Africa partners. The Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab has taken responsibility for this attack which also killed two American civilian contractors.
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