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Gilden, Terry, SFC.
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Contact Info
Home Town Pateros
Last Address Fayetteville, North Carolina
Date of Passing Apr 18, 1983
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
SFC Terry Lee Gilden was killed on 18 April 1983, at the U.S. Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon during a terrorist truck bombing attack on the embassy. Terry was assigned to A Squadron, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta (Airborne), a.k.a "Delta Force," Fort Bragg, North Carolina at the time of his death. Terry was supporting the American Ambassador's protective detail at the time of his death. The bombing was the work of an Iranian Shiite Hezbollah "Party of God" group. The suicide bomber drove a pickup truck containing gas-enhanced explosive into the embassy. The blast killed 17 Americans, which included a Marine Corps guard, three soldiers, seven Central Intelligence Agency personnel, and 46 foreign nationals. Terry was our unit's first loss to the enemy.
