RALEIGH, N.C. — The U.S. Navy says {that a} North Carolina native assigned to a guided missile destroyer was misplaced overboard and presumed lifeless within the Baltic Sea.
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Navy: North Carolina sailor dead after falling overboard
Seaman Recruit David L. Spearman went overboard Monday from the united statesArleigh Burke, based on a information launch. A search effort close to Helsinki, Finland, was known as off earlier within the week.
The Navy mentioned that he had reported to the ship in April after coaching in Illinois.
“This brilliant, younger artificial an outsized, optimistic influence on Arleigh Burke. My total crew’s ideas and prayers are with Seaman Recruit Spearman’s household and pals. We provide our most honest condolences for his or her loss,” mentioned Cmdr. Pete Flynn, the ship’s commanding officer.
WLOS-TV reviews that Spearman was a 19-year-old from Etowah in western North Carolina’s Henderson County.
The household informed the TV station that a number of generations of his household had served within the Navy.
The Navy didn’t launch additional particulars about what occurred.