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A 27-year-old airman from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, died last week in a "non-combat" incident during his deployment to Africa, according to the Department of Defense. Staff Sgt. Dennis F. Melton, of Waverly, Tennessee, was stationed at Nigerien Air Base 101 in Niamey, Niger, with the 768th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron. The airman was based out of the 20th Fighter Wing from Sumter, South Carolina.
By SLOBODAN LEKIC, JOHN VANDIVER AND KARIN ZEITVOGEL | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 2, 2021 Twelve service members died on overseas deployments to designated combat zones in Africa, Kosovo and the Arabian peninsula region, including waterways, in 2020. One other soldier was killed in a terrorist attack in Kenya, which is not a designated combat zone. The most deadly of the incidents was a helicopter crash in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt in November, in which five American troops died and one was injured. The Americans were part of an international peacekeeping force that monitors c...