'A Life Cut Way Too Short:' 19-Year-Old Bergen Navy Veteran Dies

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — David A. Suescun was a "shipmate" to some and a son to his mother. To everyone else he was a U.S. Navy veteran.

Suescun, 19, was a Hackensack native and attended Hackensack High School. He was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Route 218 in King George County, Virginia Friday, said Virginia State Police Sgt. Keeli Hill in a news release. King George County is about 65 miles south of Washington, D.C..

Nathan Winner, a shipmate of Suescun's, posted a tribute to Suescun on Facebook Sunday night.

"It’s horrible to see a shipmate leave us as sudden as this," Winner said. "Rest in peace, Suescun."

Suescun's shipmates also posted tributes to him on a GoFundMe campaign created to help his mother pay for his funeral. Nearly $1,300 was donated as of Tuesday afternoon.

"A life cut way too short," Jessie Capuano said on the GoFundMe page. "I’m so sorry for his family and for him."

"Rest easy shipmate," Nancy Perez posted on the GoFundMe page. "My deepest and most sincerest condolences. OTOM: One Team One Mission."

Suescun lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed into a tree, Hill said. Speed is being considered a factor in the cause of the crash, Hill said.

Suescun enlisted in the Navy on Jan. 24. He was a seaman apprentice and a fire controlman, his Navy biography states. He was a student at the AEGIS Training Readiness Center in Dahlgren, Virginia.

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Photo: David A. Suescun, 19, of Hackensack (Courtesy of GoFundMe, a promotional partner of Patch)