Stethem, Robert D.
Navy Steel worker 2nd class

Robert D. Stethem from Waldorf, Maryland.

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Saturday, June 15, 1985
Death details: Was returning from an assignment in the Middle East when the commercial jet he was aboard was hijacked by terrorists. He was shot to death after being tortured
Cemetery: Arlington National; USS Stethem named in his honor

Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, U.S. Navy

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