Name:
Leonard Warren Walker
Rank:
Corporal
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Dothan City Cemetery, Dothan, Alabama
Plot:
Lane 9 East
Row:
Grave:
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Comments:
Leonard Warren Walker was born on September 20, 1961 in Dothan, Houston County, Alabama. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal. Leonard 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 Dothan City Cemetery, Dothan, Houston County, Alabama, USA.