U.S Navy Specialist, Dominique D. Cruz

Dominique Cruz

U.S Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class Dominique D. Cruz, aged 26, from Panama City, Florida, died in the Gulf of Oman, on 18th January 2011. 

Her body was found during search and rescue operations on 19th January after she was reported missing the previous day. She was assigned as an Operations Specialist to the USS Halsey.

OS2 Cruz joined the US Navy in June 2006 and was assigned to the USS Halsey in December 2006 where she remained until her death.

When she failed to report for duty, a man overboard alert was sounded.

Helicopters from the Halsey, the USNS Rainier, and the Royal Navy's HMS Cumberland were part of the search and rescue operations, as were aircraft from the USS Abraham Lincoln.