India, June 12 -- The three Indian seafarers who died in the US military strike on the Palau-flagged commercial vessel MT Settebello off the Oman coast on Wednesday were from different parts of India, but they were working in foreign waters to fulfil one dream: giving their families a better life.

Marine engineer Patnala Suresh, 44, from Visakhapatnam, Shivanand Chaurasia, 38, from Surauli village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria and Aditya Sharma, 23, from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh were initially reported missing but were later confirmed to have died; 21 other Indian crew members were rescued.

Originally bound to a six-month contract that should have seen him sign off on May 24, Sharma had reluctantly extended his stay by two months solely...