Robert D. Stethem

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.

External links

• Mikulski Demands Extradition of Terrorist Who Killed Navy Diver from Waldorf, somd.com, September 13, 2006