Name:
David Lee Cosner
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Lance Corporal
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Mountain State Memorial Gardens, W. Virginia
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David Lee Cosner was born on May 6, 1961 in Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. David 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 Mountain State Memorial Gardens, Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA.