Name:
Alex Munoz
Rank:
Corporal
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
New Mexico
Cemetery:
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, New Mexico
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Alex Munoz was born on January 4, 1963. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal. Alex 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 Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Bloomfield, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA. His headstone shows his rank as a Lance Corporal.