Minnesota's Fallen - Beirut Embassy (1983)
Aug 2, 2009 21:51:30 GMT -6
Post by Moderator on Aug 2, 2009 21:51:30 GMT -6
A truck loaded with explosives crashed through the security perimeter of the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983. In the explosion that followed, 241 U.S. Military personnel were killed, including ...
Kevin P. Custard
United States Marine Corps
Died October 23, 1983
Virginia, MN
Thomas G. Lamb
United States Marine Corps
Died October 23, 1983
Coon Rapids, MN
John A. Olson
United States Marine Corps
Died October 23, 1983
Sabin, MN
John J. Tishmack
United States Marine Corps
Died October 23, 1983
Minneapolis, MN
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Additional information ... On October 29, 1983, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lieutenant John T. Downing, who had returned to the United States shortly before the bombing, took his own life after learning his fellow Marines had been killed. He was from Minneapolis and was buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery near the gravesites of Thomas Lamb and John Tishmack.
Kevin P. Custard
United States Marine Corps
Died October 23, 1983
Virginia, MN
Thomas G. Lamb
United States Marine Corps
Died October 23, 1983
Coon Rapids, MN
John A. Olson
United States Marine Corps
Died October 23, 1983
Sabin, MN
John J. Tishmack
United States Marine Corps
Died October 23, 1983
Minneapolis, MN
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Additional information ... On October 29, 1983, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lieutenant John T. Downing, who had returned to the United States shortly before the bombing, took his own life after learning his fellow Marines had been killed. He was from Minneapolis and was buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery near the gravesites of Thomas Lamb and John Tishmack.