Oetting, Chesley Charles
Navy Electrician’s mate 2

Chesley Charles Oetting, age 22, from Blue Earth County Mankato, Minnesota .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, April 10, 1963
Death details: Killed aboard the atomic submarine Thresher when the ship went missing 220 miles East of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Source: ussthresher.com, Associated Press (1963), oneternalpatrol.com, Winona Daily News (1963)