
US airman from Tennessee killed in non-combat-related incident in Africa
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A U.S. airman was killed last week at a base in the West African country of Niger, the Defense Department said Monday.
Melton, a native of Waverly, Tennessee, was assigned to the 20th Security Forces Squadron, which is responsible for the safety at Shaw Air Force Base, located about 35 miles east of Columbia, South Carolina.
He was deployed in Niger with the 768th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron, Defense officials said.
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