As friends and family remember a sailor who was killed on the U.S.S. John McCain, the Cherry Hill Mayor is also extending his thanks to the man who served his country. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the story.
Funeral services have been held for a New Jersey man who was among the 10 U.S. sailors killed last month when a Navy ship collided with an oil tanker off Singapore.
Dozens of mourners gathered Saturday at Saint Andrews United Methodist Church in Cherry Hill to mourn 22-year-old Kenneth Smith. He was a 2013 graduate of Cherry Hill High School East.
Smith was an electronics technician 3rd Class aboard the USS John McCain when it collided with the tanker on Aug. 21.
Navy divers recovered the victims' remains inside flooded compartments of the ship in the days after the accident.
The collision remains under investigation.
