Marine Corps Working Dog Trainer Dies After Being Swept Out to Sea off Okinawa
11 Jun 2021
Stars and Stripes | By Seth Robson and Hana Kusumoto
The body of a Marine who went missing June 5 while swimming off Okinawa has been recovered and identified, U.S. and Japanese officials said Friday.
Cpl. Eric John Niss-De Jesus, 24, of Mountain Lake, Minn., was a military working dog trainer, Marine Corps Installations Pacific 1st Lt. Ashleigh Fairow told Stars and Stripes in an email.
Niss-De Jesus, assigned to Camp Kinser, went missing while swimming with colleagues near a reef, according to a spokesman for the Japan coast guard in Naha who spoke on a customary condition of anonymity. The Marine had been swept out to sea by a large wave.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/11/marine-corps-working-dog-trainer-dies-after-being-swept-out-sea-off-okinawa.html
