Carlsbad New Mexico

Allman, John R.
Marines Private 1st class

John R. Allman, age 19, from Carlsbad, New Mexico, Eddy county.

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance

Flores, William Ray
Coast Guard Seaman apprentice

William Ray Flores, age 18, from Carlsbad, New Mexico, Eddy county.

Service era: Cold War

Date of death: Monday, January 28, 1980
Death details: Among the 23 who died when the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with a tanker near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in Florida.
Cemetery: Benbrook, Texas

Source: United State Coast Guard, Tampa Bay Times (1980), findagrave.com

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