DONNY KNEPPER

On October 23, 1983, at 6:22 a.m., an Iranian Islamic Jihadist drove a truck carrying 2,000 pounds of explosives into the Marine compound in Beirut and crashes into the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regimental Battalion Landing Team barracks, killing 241 American servicemembers and permanently injuring scores of others.

Primary location: Rockville United States