Name:
Leland Edward Gann
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Texas
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Plot:
Sectio O
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Leland Edward Gann was born on October 21, 1954 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Staff Sergeant. Leland 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 Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery and Mausoleum, Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas, USA.