Name:
Luis Alonzo Nava
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Lance Corporal
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
California
Cemetery:
Rose Hills Memorial Park, California
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Luis Alonzo Nava was born on March 5, 1961 in Tijuana Municipality, Baja California, Mexico. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. Luis 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 Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA.