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Diomedes Jimenez Quirante
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Hospital Corpsman Third Class
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United States Navy
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Mexico
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
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Diomedes Jimenez Quirante was born on September 6, 1958 in Angeles Chixtetic, Chenalhó Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Hospital Corpsman Third Class. Diomedes 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 Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.