NC sailor dies after falling overboard from guided missile destroyer

and it is still unknown what led to the presumed death of a North Carolina native and a Navy

sailor

lost at sea. The US Navy says enlisted

sailor

David Spearman fell

overboard

in the Baltic Sea on Monday. Crews were unable to find him. He was assigned to the USS Arleigh. Burke, near Finland, Spearman was a native of Henderson County, which is south of Asheville.