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==Family and legacy==
 
==Family and legacy==
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Conway Charles LeBleu (1962-1993), a nephew of Conway and Virgie LeBleu, was one of four agents of the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]] who were killed while searching for illegal weapons  in the federal siege of the [[Branch Davidian]] compound headed by [[David Koresh]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]] More than eighty of the Branch Davidians died in a  raid authorized in April 1993 by the [[Bill Clinton]]-appointed [[United States Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]] after a two-month standoff. Conway Charles LeBleu, who was killed on the first day of the crisis on February 28, is interred at Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=23511537&PIpi=8755087/|title=Conway Charles LeBleu|publisher=Findagrave.com|author=Gloria Bello|date=December 21, 2007|accessdate=November 29, 2020}}</ref>
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Conway Charles LeBleu (1962-1993), a nephew of Conway and Virgie LeBleu, was one of four agents of the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms]] who were killed while searching for illegal weapons  in the federal siege of the [[Branch Davidians]] compound headed by [[David Koresh]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]] More than eighty of the Branch Davidians died in a  raid authorized in April 1993 by the [[Bill Clinton]]-appointed [[United States Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]] after a two-month standoff. Conway Charles LeBleu, who was killed on the first day of the crisis on February 28, is interred at Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=23511537&PIpi=8755087/|title=Conway Charles LeBleu|publisher=Findagrave.com|author=Gloria Bello|date=December 21, 2007|accessdate=November 29, 2020}}</ref>
    
LeBleu's archival material is located at McNeese State University in Lake Charles. The Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge, also called the Gibbstown Bridge, over the Louisiana Intracoastal Waterway is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestoftheroad.com/place/conway-lebleu-memorial-bridge-cameron/140556|title=Description: Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge|publisher=bestoftheroad.com|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
 
LeBleu's archival material is located at McNeese State University in Lake Charles. The Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge, also called the Gibbstown Bridge, over the Louisiana Intracoastal Waterway is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestoftheroad.com/place/conway-lebleu-memorial-bridge-cameron/140556|title=Description: Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge|publisher=bestoftheroad.com|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
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