39-Year-Old Navy Chief Is 4th Sailor in 20 Days to Die of COVID-19
Then Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Justin Huf takes the chief petty officer exam aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan, Jan 19, 2017. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tim Comerford)
24 Feb 2021
The Virginia-based sailor who died Monday of the illness caused by the new coronavirus was Chief Hull Technician Justin Huf.
Huf, 39, began quarantining Feb. 16 after developing symptoms of COVID-19, according to a Navy news release issued Wednesday. He tested positive for the virus three days later and was admitted to Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, on Feb. 20.