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Bodies of Remaining USS John S. McCain Sailors Recovered

USS John S. McCain

Published Aug 27, 2017 9:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps divers have now recovered the remains of all 10 USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Sailors.

The fallen Sailors are:

- Electronics Technician 1st Class Charles Nathan Findley, 31, from Amazonia, Missouri 

- Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Abraham Lopez, 39, from El Paso, Texas

- Electronics Technician 2nd Class Kevin Sayer Bushell, 26, from Gaithersburg, Maryland

- Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jacob Daniel Drake, 21, from Cable, Ohio

- Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Timothy Thomas Eckels Jr., 23, from Manchester, Maryland

- Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Corey George Ingram, 28, from Poughkeepsie, New York

- Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dustin Louis Doyon, 26, from Suffield, Connecticut

- Electronics Technician 3rd Class John Henry Hoagland III, 20, from Killeen, Texas

- Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Logan Stephen Palmer, 23, from Decatur, Illinois 

- Electronics Technician 3rd Class, Kenneth Aaron Smith, 22, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

On August 24, divers recovered and identified the remains of Doyon and Smith. 

McCain was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC in waters east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on August 21. The incident is under investigation.