Name:
Anthony Keith Brown
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Corporal
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
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Anthony Keith Brown was born on July 2, 1959 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal. Anthony 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 Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA.