Name:
Danny Ray Estes
Rank:
Lance Corporal
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Indiana
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Danny Ray Estes was born on September 27, 1964 in East Chicago, Lake County, Indiana. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. Danny 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 Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville, Lake County, Indiana, USA. His name is commemorated on the Beirut monument, on the grounds of the US Embassy in Lebanon and ranked as a Private First Class.