Name:
Bruce Lee Howard
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Corporal
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Maine
Cemetery:
Mount Abram Cemetery, Salem, Maine
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Bruce Lee Howard was born on November 17, 1961 in Strong, Franklin County, Maine. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal. Bruce 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 Mount Abram Cemetery, Salem, Franklin County, Maine, USA.