{"id":31988,"date":"2019-10-10T20:10:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T20:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/10\/10\/sailor-dies-in-guam-motorcycle-accident\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:29:35","slug":"sailor-dies-in-guam-motorcycle-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/10\/10\/sailor-dies-in-guam-motorcycle-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailor dies following Guam motorcycle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/14\/115m-settlement-over-navy-hospital-birth-in-guam\/\" target=_blank>Guam<\/a>-based sailor died last week after crashing his motorcycle on the island, Navy officials confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Machinist\u2019s Mate 2nd Class James Dyer, 23, was riding a motorcycle southbound on Route 4 in Hagatna at about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 5 when his bike struck a guardrail, according to Navy records and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guampdn.com\/story\/news\/local\/2019\/10\/08\/family-mourns-sailor-james-dyer-motorcyclist-who-died-crash\/3904661002\/\" target=_blank>Pacific Daily News<\/a> report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dyer was taken to Guam Memorial Hospital and succumbed to his injuries the following day, according to Navy spokesman Christian Hodge and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guampdn.com\/story\/news\/local\/2019\/10\/08\/family-mourns-sailor-james-dyer-motorcyclist-who-died-crash\/3904661002\/\" target=_blank>Pacific Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cause of the accident remains under investigation by local authorities, Hodge said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with Machinist Mate 2nd Cass Dyer\u2019s family during this difficult time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/10\/09\/how-a-junior-officers-horrific-death-sparked-reforms-in-navy-rhib-operations\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ENS_Mitchell.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How a junior officer\u2019s horrific death sparked reforms in Navy RHIB operations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Ensign Sarah Mitchell didn&#039;t die in vain.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dyer was assigned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EODMU5\/\" target=_blank>Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5<\/a> and arrived in Guam in May 2018, according to Hodge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally from Kansas, Dyer also volunteered at a local branch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uso.org\/about\" target=_blank>United Service Organizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJames chose to serve his country during the best years of his life, which speaks to the selfless mantra he lived by,\u201d said his commanding officer, Cmdr. 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