#Repost @danielmbrazzell with @make_repost ・・・ On this day in 1983, 241 American service members who lost their lives in the bombing of a U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War. Two truck bombs, detonated by suicide bombers, struck buildings that housed U.S. and French military members of a multinational peacekeeping force, killing a total of 299 service personnel (241 American, 58 French), along with six civilians and the two suicide bombers. It was the deadliest single-day attack against U.S. Marines since the battle over Iwo Jima in 1945. The Beirut Barracks Memorial in Section 59 honors those we lost. It was dedicated in 1984 on the first anniversary of the attack, the memorial is located beneath a cedar tree in Section 59 of the cemetery. Its inscription reads, "Let peace take root. This cedar of Lebanon tree grows in living memory of the Americans killed in the Beirut terrorist attack and all victims of terrorism throughout the world." Twenty-one U.S. service members killed in the bombing are buried near the marker. All are in Section 59, unless otherwise noted. Name Service Grave Cpl. Nicholas Baker Marine Corps 620 Gunnery Sgt. Alvin Belmer Marine Corps 613-2 Master Sgt. Roy L. Edwards Marine Corps 613-1 Sgt. Robert B. Greaser Marine Corps 608 Lance Cpl. Davin M. Green Marine Corps 618 2nd Lt. Maurice E. Hukill Marine Corps 611 Cpl. James C. Knipple Marine Corps 681-1 Maj. John W. Macroglou Marine Corps 612 Lance Cpl. Timothy R. McMahon Marine Corps Section 4, 2978-C 1st Lt. David J. Nairn Marine Corps 609 Pfc. Thomas S. Perron Marine Corps 616 Sgt. John A. Phillips Jr. Marine Corps 610 1st Lt. Clyde W. Plymel Marine Corps 607 Staff Sgt. Patrick K. Prindeville Marine Corps 681-2 Hospitalman 3rd Class Diomedes J. Quirante Navy 613-3 1st Lt. Charles J. Schnorf Marine Corps 604 Cpl. Thomas A. Shipp Marine Corps 605 Lance Cpl. Horace R. Stephens Marine Corps 606 Cpl. Eric G. Washington Marine Corps 617 1st Lt. Donald E. Woollett Marine Corps 681-3 Hospitalman 3rd Class David E. Worley Navy 619 - - - - - #beirutbombing #beirut #marines #sailors #usmc #usnavy #neverforget https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsITEdJrCrncCKZF0Ova3INr9yAB3PxBGzypo0/?igshid=8oasyc9t2x1s
