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Leon William, Jr. Bohannon
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Corporal
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Georgia
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Leon William Bohannon, Jr. was born on March 21, 1959 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal. Leon 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. His current burial place is unknown.