Chet Wetterlund

Chester Jerome Wetterlund (March 19, 1918 – September 5, 1944) was an American football halfback who died in World War II. He was killed in a plane crash off the New Jersey coast on a routine training flight in a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. Wetterlund's plane experienced trouble, and he was forced to ditch in the sea. He was killed instantly in the landing of his plane.