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| + | Robert Dean Stethem, Navy Diver (SW-2). Killed by Mohammed Ali Hamadi on June 15, 1985. Hamadi and his fellow terrorists bound, gagged, beat unconscious, and then shot Petty Officer Stethem in the head when they hijacked a jetliner traveling to Rome. The terrorists then dumped his body on the tarmac. Hamadi was convicted of murder in a German court in 1989. He was released in December 2005 and returned to his native Lebanon. | ||
==Memorials== | ==Memorials== | ||
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* [[Robert D. Stethem Park]], Charles County. | * [[Robert D. Stethem Park]], Charles County. | ||
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*[http://somd.com/news/headlines/2006/4411.shtml Mikulski Demands Extradition of Terrorist Who Killed Navy Diver from Waldorf, somd.com, September 13, 2006] | *[http://somd.com/news/headlines/2006/4411.shtml Mikulski Demands Extradition of Terrorist Who Killed Navy Diver from Waldorf, somd.com, September 13, 2006] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:08, 23 November 2008
Robert Dean Stethem, Navy Diver (SW-2). Killed by Mohammed Ali Hamadi on June 15, 1985. Hamadi and his fellow terrorists bound, gagged, beat unconscious, and then shot Petty Officer Stethem in the head when they hijacked a jetliner traveling to Rome. The terrorists then dumped his body on the tarmac. Hamadi was convicted of murder in a German court in 1989. He was released in December 2005 and returned to his native Lebanon.
Memorials
- Robert D. Stethem Educational Center.
- Robert D. Stethem Park, Charles County.
