Name:
Thomas Paul Thorstad
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Staff Sergeant
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Chesterton Cemetery, Chesterton, Indiana
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Thomas Paul Thorstad was born on July 18, 1956 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He was the son of Barbara Kelly Thorstad. Thomas served in the United States Marine Corps as a Staff Sergeant. He 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 Chesterton Cemetery, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana, USA.