Luther David Stidhem, age 40, from Lamarque, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Monday, January 28, 1980
Death details: Among the 23 who died when the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with a tanker near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in Florida.
Cemetery: Galveston Memorial Park
Source: United State Coast Guard, Tampa Bay Times (1980), findagrave.com