Name:
Lloyd Dennis West
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Gunnery Sergeant
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Laurel Cemetery, Laurel, Ohio
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Lloyd Dennis West was born on October 2, 1954 in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. He was the son of Charles Francis West and Ruby Louise Peters Garrison. Lloyd served in the United States Marine Corps as a Gunnery Sergeant. Lloyd 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 Laurel Cemetery, Laurel, Clermont County, Ohio, USA.