Steve Crowley
United States Marine
Died when: 20 years 239 days (247 months)Star Sign: Aries
On 21 November 1979, Pakistani people, enraged by a radio report claiming that the United States had bombed the Masjid al-Haram, Islam's holy site at Mecca, stormed the U.S. embassy in Islamabad, and burned it to the ground.
The Grand Mosque had suffered a terrorist attack, but the U.S. was not involved.The U.S. diplomats survived by hiding in a reinforced area.
Marine Security Guard Corporal Steven Crowley, 20, Army warrant officer Bryan Ellis, 29, and two Pakistani staff members were killed in the attack.
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