Robert Stethem

What stays with me about Robert Stethem is not the medals but the quiet conviction behind them. A Navy diver from Waterbury, Connecticut, barely into his twenties, he became a name in history not through ambition but through a moment of unthinkable violence aboard TWA Flight 847. I find it important to remember people like him precisely because their work is usually invisible. The Bronze Star and Purple Heart were never the point. He represents the kind of steady, unglamorous service that holds a country together, and I think that deserves to be honored with genuine, unsentimental respect rather than quietly forgotten.

Name (English)

Robert Stethem

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・ステザム

Reading

ろばーと・すてざむ

Born

November 17, 1961 – June 15, 1985

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

Origin

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States

Occupation

military personnel / United States Navy Diver

Awards & achievements

• Bronze Star Medal
• Purple Heart

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Stethem
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2158890

Tags

• Connecticut
• military personnel
• United States Navy Diver

Last updated

2026-06-21

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