Robert Stethem, American soldier (died 1985)

Robert Stethem

US Navy sailor and Hezbollah murder victim (1961–1985)

Robert Dean Stethem was a United States Navy Seabee diver who was murdered by Hezbollah members during the hijacking of the commercial airliner he was aboard, TWA Flight 847. At the time of his death, his Navy rating was Steelworker Second Class (SW2). He was posthumously…