Name:
Paul Lynn Callahan
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Corporal
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, Ohio
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Paul Lynn Callahan was born on August 6, 1961 in Morgan County, Kentucky. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal. Paul died of wounds 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 Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, Lorain County, Ohio, USA.