Name:
Alvin Belmer
Rank:
Gunnery Sergeant
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
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Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Plot:
Section 59 - 59-613-2
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Alvin Belmer was born on March 10, 1954. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Gunnery Sergeant. Alvin was killed in the terrorist bombing of the United States Marine barracks. In the early morning hours of 23 Oct. 1983, a truck loaded with explosives crashed through the security perimeter of the USMC Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. In the explosion that followed, 241 US Military personnel were killed and 80 serious wounded. He is now buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.