1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., an Air Defense Artillery officer assigned to U.S. Army Europe and Africa, was recovered after a multinational nine-day search spanning thousands of square kilometers
CASABLANCA, Morocco | The remains of a U.S. Army soldier who disappeared during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered following a large-scale multinational search-and-rescue operation tied to African Lion 26, the Pentagon’s largest annual military exercise on the African continent.
U.S. Army Europe and Africa confirmed Sunday that the remains recovered along Morocco’s Atlantic coastline were identified as 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 27-year-old Air Defense Artillery officer assigned to Charlie Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command.

