QUINCY - The Department of Defense says a Massachusetts sailor assigned to naval facilities in Quincy died Tuesday while serving at a base in Africa.

The department said Wednesday that Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew J. Clement, a 38-year-old reservist assigned to the Navy Reserve Unit Air Control Squadron 22 at the Navy Operation Support Center in Quincy, died from a non-combat injury while deployed at Camp Lemonnier in the African nation of Djibouti. The department said Clement's death is under investigation.

Desiree V. Woodman, a naval spokeswoman based in Djibouti, said Clement had lived in Peabody and Topsfield. The Department of Defense said Clement was doing work in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, a mission that began in Afghanistan in 2011 in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.