Name:
David Bryan Gander
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin
Plot:
Section 4
Row:
Grave:
820
Decoration:
Comments:
David Bryan Gander was born on February 26, 1964 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. 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 Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA.