From the January 4, 2021, Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star "A sailor returns to Clay County, nearly 80 years later" by Peter Salter.
He never made it back to Clay County. The 21-year-old died December 7, 1941, when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place. He was aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma and among the 429 crewmen killed that day.
His nephew Robert Alan Stett was born 165 years later and had Charles's middle name. He knew about his uncle from stories and pictures around the house.
Using DNA, the identification was made in September and the family hopes to have Charles's remains home by Memorial Day.
--GreGen
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