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Florida sailor Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch IV, 19, was declared lost at sea after going overboard from the USS George Washington.

U.S. and Australian forces searched the Timor Sea, but the Navy has not said how he went overboard.

Lynch enlisted at 17 and was remembered by his father as a vibrant young man who loved the Navy.

A U.S. sailor has been declared lost at sea after initially being reported missing last month, according to the U.S. Naval Institute.

What we know:

According to the private non-profit military association , Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch IV, 19, a third-class aviation boatswain’s mate, was assumed overboard from the USS George Washington.

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