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Navy Promotes Sailor Killed in Hijacking
August 27, 2010 Stars and Stripes by Erik SlavinYOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- Decades after hijackers took his life, the namesake of the destroyer USS Stethem was promoted to master chief petty officer in a ceremony aboard the ship here Tuesday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Dean Stethem was posthumously promoted 25 years after Lebanese hijackers aboard TWA Flight 847 singled him out because of his military status, killing him when their demands were not met.
Robert Stethem’s brother, retired Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Stethem, accepted the honor on Robert’s behalf, according to a Navy news release.
Robert Dean Stethem Memorial Sports Complex, dedicated in 1990, is located in Waldorf, Charles County, MD. It is home to Waldorf Little League and serves the children of Waldorf in both baseball and softball leagues.
