United States Coast Guard, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Age: 23
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Training accident
Date of Incident: October 13, 2010
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Petty Officer Shaun Lin died during a training exercise in the James River, near Newport News, Virginia.
He was attempting to transfer from a 25-foot small boat to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Frank Drew when he fell from a ladder into the water near the Monitor-Merrimac Bridge-Tunnel. His body was recovered the following evening after an intensive search by the Coast Guard, local police, and rescue dive teams.
Petty Officer Lin had served with the United States Coast Guard for three years and was assigned to MSST New York.