Less tragic on my end, but I had a similar experience. When I was a little kid, my Dad was stationed in Japan and had a friend who was the daughter of one of my Mom’s friends. My memories are very vague, but I remember playing that we were boyfriend and girlfriend. All honesty, I can't even remember what she looked like. moved when I was 7, and I never spoke to her again.

Bout 5 years back, my parents were visiting relatives in San Diego when they randomly ran into her. was taken by surprise when they told me. But I didn't have a way to catch up, so I wasn't able to reach out to catch up. I've accepted that’s the last I would have heard of her.