Body of missing US soldier recovered in Morocco


CHICAGO, May 10 (Reuters) - ⁠A search team recovered the ⁠body of a U.S. soldier who ‌went missing near a cliff during a training exercise in Cap Draa, Morocco, the U.S. Army ​said on Sunday.

• Moroccan ⁠searchers found the ⁠remains on Saturday in the water within a ⁠mile (1.6 ‌km) of where the soldier went missing on May ⁠2, the U.S. Army said in a ​statement.

• ‌The Army identified him as 1st Lieutenant ⁠Kendrick ​Lamont Key Jr., a platoon leader in an artillery unit.

• A second soldier ⁠remains missing and search operations ​are continuing, according to the Army.

• The U.S. service members were participating in African ⁠Lion, the U.S. Africa Command's largest joint exercise between U.S. forces, NATO allies and African partner nations.

• The largest ​part of the exercise ⁠takes place in Morocco, involving approximately 5,000 ​personnel from more than ‌40 countries, according to ​AFRICOM.

(Reporting by Heather Schlitz; Editing by Sergio Non and Paul Simao)

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