Carrier Sailor Who Died of COVID-19 Identified As 41-Year-Old Chief Petty Officer

The USS Theodore Roosevelt anchors off the coast in Gosport, England, on March 23, 2015. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The sailor from the virus-hit carrier who died of COVID-19 had been identified by the Navy as a 41-year-old officer.

Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr. was the first active-duty member of the armed services to die from the CCP virus, which he contracted aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.