SSGT Thomas R. Blacka (1923-1983) - Find a Grave Memorial

SSGT Thomas R. Blacka Veteran

Birth

10 Dec 1923

Pennsylvania, USA

Death

18 Apr 1983 (aged 59)

Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Burial

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map

Plot

Columbarium 1 W-5-2

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Thomas R. Blacka of Denver was an AID mission controller who was killed in a U. S. Embassy bomb blast in Beirut. The embassy put the total number of deceased, including Lebanese, at 24. Another 25 people were missing and presumed dead, and 120 were wounded, including 22 Americans.
∼Killed in the terrorist bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut Lebanon on April 18, 1983.

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