{"id":36104,"date":"2019-05-10T22:58:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T22:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/10\/dead-contractor-identified-while-ncis-probe-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:30:50","slug":"dead-contractor-identified-while-ncis-probe-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/05\/10\/dead-contractor-identified-while-ncis-probe-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead contractor identified while NCIS probe continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NORFOLK \u2014 The contractor who died Wednesday on board the guided-missile cruiser San Jacinto<\/a> was Jason Minh Truong, 63, a Hampton resident<\/a> and long-time employee of Paige Decking<\/a>, the company told Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still in the dark ourselves as to what happened and what we know is really secondhand,\u201d Scott Paige, the vice president of Paige Decking<\/a>. \u201cApparently a sailor found him outside and by the time our people got to the ship, the first responders were already there trying to revive him, but they were unsuccessful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Paige, Truong had been with his company for more than two decades and relocated with the firm from San Diego to Norfolk a dozen years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company specializes in removing and installing decks on board vessels and has worked on board 26 Navy ships, including three aircraft carriers, according to their website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An expert at installing terrazzo decks <\/a>on board Navy ships, Truong was sealing a deck when he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t able to get on board after he died because they moved everyone off the ship almost immediately,\u201d Paige said. \u201cEveryone has been as cooperative as possible, but we\u2019ve not been told anything officially, yet, and are awaiting word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t