Grave of Leslie Samuel 'Les' Hehir

Name: Leslie Samuel 'Les' Hehir

Number: 24937123

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery,3 Commando Brigade, UK Landing Force Command Support Group

Date of Death: 21 March 2003

Location: Armed Forces Memorial

Country: United Kingdom

Notes: At around Midnight GMT on 21 March 2003 a U.S. Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter crashed south of the Kuwait borber with US and UK personnel on board, there were no survivors. Eight personnel from 3 Commando Brigade died in the accident, along with four US aircrew from Poole, Dorset