Beirut Barracks Memorial
The Beirut Barracks Memorial honors the 241 American service members who lost their lives in the October 23, 1983 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.
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.
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 |