19-08-2018 11:34 via ocregister.com

Camp Pendleton-based Marine missing from USS Essex has been identified

The Marine at the center of a massive search in the Sulu Sea has been identified as Cpl. Jonathan Currier.
Currier, a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief, was reported overboard on Aug. 9, while on a training exercise aboard the USS Essex as part of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Essex Ready Group.
On August 17, Currier who was previously listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown, was declared deceased, military officials said late Saturday.
The search lasted five days and
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