The U.S. Embassy in Beirut became a tragic symbol of the growing violence against Americans in Lebanon during the early 1980s. On April 18, 1983, a suicide bomber attacked the embassy compound, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans, and wounding several others. Six months later, on October 23, 1983, a suicide truck bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks at Beirut International Airport killed 241 American service members—220 Marines, 18 Sailors, and three Soldiers. Together, these attacks demonstrated the grave dangers faced by American diplomats and military personnel serving in Beirut during Lebanon’s civil war.

They came in peace, but were killed while serving their country. The names listed below are provided by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in remembrance of those who lost their lives.

June 16, 1976

Ambassador Francis E. Meloy

Zouhier M. Mograbi

Robert O. Waring

September 25, 1982

MAJ Randall A. Carlson, USA

MAJ Harley S. Warren, USAF

September 30, 1982

CPL David L. Reagan, USMC

April 18, 1983 – U.S. Embassy

Riad Abdul Massih

Abdallah Al-Halabi

Yolla Al-Hashim

Hassan Ali Yehya

Robert Ames

Mohamedain Assaran

Elias Atallah

Cesar Bathiard

Thomas Blacka

Antoine Daccache

Mounir Dandan

Rafic Eid

Naja El-Kaddoum

Farouk Fanous

Phyliss Faraci

Terry-Lee Gilden

Kenneth Haas

Hussein Haidar-Ahmad

Mohamed Hasssan

Deborah Hixon

Mohamed Ibrahim

Raja Iskandarani

Frank Johnston

Nazih Juraydini

Ghazi Kabbout

Antoine Karam

Raymond Karkour

Edgard Khuri

Hafez Khuri

James Lewis

Monique Lewis

Amal Ma’akaroun

SSGT Ben H. Maxwell, USA

William McIntyre

CPL Robert V. McMaugh, USMC

Mary Metni

Kamal Nahhas

Jirjis Naja

Antoine Najem

Nabih Rahhal

Darwish Ra’i

Roudayna Sahyoun

Fouad Salameh

SSGT Mark E. Salazar, USA

Suad Sarrouh

Shahe Setrakian

William Sheil

Nabih Shoubeir

Janet Stevens

SFC Richard Twine, USA

Albert Votaw

Khalil Yatim

August 29, 1983

2NDLT Donald G. Losey, USMC

SSGT Alexander M. Ortega, USMC

September 6, 1983

LCPL Randy W. Clark, USMC

CPL Pedro J. Valle, USMC

October 14, 1983

SGT Alan H. Soifert, USMC

October 16, 1983

CAPT Michael J. Ohler, USMC

October 23, 1983 – U.S. Marine Corps Barracks

CPL Terry W. Abbott, USMC

LCPL Clemon S. Alexander, USMC

PFC John R. Allman, USMC

CPL Moses J. Arnold JR., USMC

PFC Charles K. Bailey, USMC

LCPL Nicholas Baker, USMC

LCPL Johnsen Banks, USMC

LCPL Richard E. Barrett, USMC

HM1 Ronny K. Bates, USN

1STSGT David L. Battle, USMC

LCPL James R. Baynard, USMC

HN Jesse W. Beamon, USN

GYSGT Alvin Belmer, USMC

PFC Stephen Bland, USMC

SGT Richard L. Blankenship, USMC

LCPL John W. Blocker, USMC

CAPT Joseph J. Boccia JR., USMC

CPL Leon Bohannon JR., USMC

SSGT John R. Bohnet JR., USMC

CPL John J. Bonk JR., USMC

LCPL Jeffrey L. Boulos, USMC

CPL David R. Bousum, USMC

1STLT John N. Boyett, USMC

CPL Anthony Brown, USMC

LCPL David W. Brown, USMC

LCPL Bobby S. Buchanan JR., USMC

CPL John B. Buckmaster, USMC

PFC William F. Burley, USMC

HN Jimmy R. Cain, USN

CPL Paul L. Callahan, USMC

SGT Mecot E. Camara, USMC

PFC Bradly J. Campus, USMC

LCPL Johnnie D. Ceasar, USMC

PFC Marc L. Cole, USMC

SP4 Marcus A. Coleman, USA

PFC Juan M. Comas, USMC

SGT Robert A. Conley, USMC

CPL Charles D. Cook, USMC

LCPL Curtis J. Cooper, USMC

LCPL Johnny L. Copeland, USMC

CPL Bert D. Corcoran, USMC

LCPL David L. Cosner, USMC

SGT Kevin P. Coulman, USMC

LCPL Brett A. Croft, USMC

LCPL Rick R. Crudale, USMC

LCPL Kevin P. Custard, USMC

LCPL Russell E. Cyzick, USMC

MAJ Andrew L. Davis, USMC

PFC Sidney S. Decker, USMC

PFC Michael J. Devlin, USMC

LCPL Thomas A. Dibenedetto, USMC

PVT Nathaniel G. Dorsey, USMC

SGTMAJ Frederick B. Douglass, USMC

CPL Timothy J. Dunnigan, USMC

HN Bryan L. Earle, USN

MSGT Roy L. Edwards, USMC

HM3 William D. Elliot JR., USN

LCPL Jesse Ellison, USMC

PFC Danny R. Estes, USMC

PFC Sean F. Estler, USMC

HM3 James E. Faulk, USN

PFC Richard A. Fluegel, USMC

CPL Steven M. Forrester, USMC

HM3 William B. Foster JR., USN

CPL Michael D. Fulcher, USMC

LCPL Benjamin E. Fuller, USMC

LCPL Michael S. Fulton, USMC

CPL William Gaines JR., USMC

LCPL Sean R. Gallagher, USMC

LCPL David B. Gander, USMC

LCPL George M. Gangur, USMC

SSGT Leland E. Gann, USMC

LCPL Randall J. Garcia, USMC

SSGT Ronald J. Garcia, USMC

LCPL David D. Gay, USMC

SSGT Harold D. Ghumm, USMC

LCPL Warner Gibbs JR., USMC

CPL Timothy R. Giblin, USMC

ETC Michael W. Gorchinski, USN

LCPL Richard J. Gordon, USMC

LCPL Harold F. Gratton, USMC

SGT Robert B. Greaser, USMC

LCPL Davin M. Green, USMC

LCPL Thomas A. Hairston, USMC

SGT Freddie Haltiwanger JR., USMC

LCPL Virgil D. Hamilton, USMC

SGT Gilbert Hanton, USMC

LCPL William Hart, USMC

CAPT Michael S. Haskell, USMC

PFC Michael A. Hastings, USMC

CAPT Paul A. Hein, USMC

LCPL Douglas E. held, USMC

PFC Mark A. Helms, USMC

LCPL Ferrandy D. Henderson, USMC

SSGT John Hendrickson, USMC

MSGT Matilde Hernandez JR., USMC

CPL Stanley G. Hester, USMC

GYSGT Donald W. Hildreth, USMC

SSGT Richard H. Holberton, USMC

HM3 Robert S. Holland, USN

LCPL Bruce A. Hollingshead, USMC

PFC Melvin D. Holmes, USMC

CPL Bruce L. Howard, USMC

LT John R. Hudson, USN

CPL Terry L. Hudson, USMC

LCPL Lyndon J. Hue, USMC

2NDLT Maurice E. Hukill, USMC

LCPL Edward F. Iacovino JR., USMC

PFC John J. Ingalls, USMC

WO1 Paul G. Innocenzi III, USMC

LCPL James J. Jackowski, USMC

LCPL Jeffrey W. James, USMC

LCPL Nathaniel W. Jenkins, USMC

HM2 Michael H. Johnson, USN

CPL Edward A. Johnston, USMC

LCPL Steven Jones, USMC

PFC Thomas A. Julian, USMC

HM2 Marion E. Kees, USN

SGT Thomas C. Keown, USMC

GYSGT Edward E. Kimm, USMC

LCPL Walter V. Kingsley, USMC

SGT Daniel S. Kluck, USA

LCPL James C. Knipple, USMC

LCPL Freas H. Kreischer III, USMC

LCPL Keith J. Laise, USMC

LCPL Thomas G. Lamb, USMC

LCPL James J. Langon IV, USMC

SGT Michael S. Lariviere, USMC

CPL Steven B. Lariviere, USMC

MSGT Richard L. Lemnah, USMC

CPL David A. Lewis, USMC

SGT Val S. Lewis, USMC

CPL Joseph R. Livingston, USMC

LCPL Paul D. Lyon JR., USMC

MAJ John W. Macroglou, USMC

CPL Samuel Maitland, USMC

SSGT Charlie R. Martin, USMC

PFC Jack L. Martin, USMC

CPL David S. Massa, USMC

SGT Michael R. Massman, USMC

PVT Joseph J. Mattacchione, USMC

LCPL John McCall, USMC

SGT James E. McDonough, USMC

LCPL Timothy R. McMahon, USMC

LCPL Timothy D. McNeely, USMC

HM2 George N. McVicker II, USN

PFC Louis Melendez, USMC

SGT Richard H. Menkins II, USMC

CPL Michael D. Mercer, USMC

LCPL Ronald W. Meurer, USMC

HM3 Joseph P. Milano, USN

CPL Joseph P. Moore, USMC

LCPL Richard A. Morrow, USMC

LCPL John F. Muffler, USMC

CPL Alex Munoz, USMC

CPL Harry D. Myers, USMC

1STLT David J. Nairn, USMC

LCPL Luis A. Nava, USMC

CPL John A. Olson, USMC

PFC Robert P. Olson, USMC

CWO3 Richard C. Ortiz, USMC

PFC Jeffrey B. Owen, USMC

CPL Joseph A. Owens, USMC

CPL Connie Ray Page, USMC

LCPL Ulysses Parker, USMC

LCPL Mark W. Payne, USMC

GYSGT John L. Pearson, USMC

PFC Thomas S. Perron, USMC

SGT John A. Phillips JR., USMC

HMC George W. Piercy, USN

1STLT Clyde W. Plymel, USMC

SGT William H. Pollard, USMC

SGT Rafael I. Pomalestorres, USMC

CPL Victor M. Prevatt, USMC

PFC James C. Price, USMC

SSGT Patrick K. Prindeville, USMC

PFC Eric A. Pulliam, USMC

HM3 Diomedes J. Quirante, USN

LCPL David M. Randolph, USMC

GYSGT Charles R. Ray, USMC

PFC Rui A. Relvas, USMC

PFC Terrance L. Rich, USMC

LCPL Warren Richardson, USMC

SGT Juan C. Rodriguez, USMC

LCPL Louis J. Rotondo, USMC

LCPL Guillermo Sanpedro JR., USMC

LCPL Michael C. Sauls, USMC

1STLT Charles J. Schnorf, USMC

PFC Scott L. Schultz, USMC

CAPT Peter J. Scialabba, USMC

CPL Gary R. Scott, USMC

CPL Ronald L. Shallo, USMC

CPL Thomas A. Shipp, USMC

LCPL Jerryl D. Shropshire, USMC

LCPL James F. Silvia, USMC

LCPL Larry H. Simpson JR., USMC

LCPL Stanley J. Sliwinski, USMC

LCPL Kirk H. Smith, USMC

SSGT Thomas G. Smith, USMC

CAPT Vincent L. Smith, USMC

LCPL Edward Soares, USMC

1STLT William S. Sommerhof, USMC

LCPL Michael C. Spaulding, USMC

LCPL John W. Spearing, USMC

LCPL Stephen E. Spencer, USMC

LCPL Bill J. Stelpflug, USMC

LCPL Horace R. Stephens, USMC

PFC Craig S. Stockton, USMC

LCPL Jeffrey G. Stokes, USMC

LCPL Thomas D. Stowe, USMC

LCPL Eric D. Sturghill, USMC

LCPL Devon L. Sundar, USMC

LT James F. Surch JR., USN

CPL Dennis A. Thompson, USMC

SSGT Thomas P. Thorstad, USMC

PFC Stephen D. Tingley, USMC

LCPL John J. Tishmack, USMC

PFC Donald H. Vallone JR., USMC

CPL Eric R. Walker, USMC

CPL Leonard W. Walker, USMC

CPL Eric G. Washington, USMC

CPL Obrian Weekes, USMC

1STSGT Tandy W. Wells, USMC

LCPL Steven B. Wentworth, USMC

SGT Allen D. Wesley, USMC

GYSGT Lloyd D. West, USMC

SSGT John R. Weyl, USMC

CPL Burton D. Wherland JR., USMC

LCPL Dwayne W. Wigglesworth, USMC

LCPL Rodney J. Williams, USMC

GYSGT Scipio Williams JR., USMC

LCPL Johnny A. Williamson, USMC

CAPT Walter E. Wint JR., USMC

CAPT William E. Winter, USMC

CPL John E. Wolfe, USMC

1STLT Donald E. Woollett, USMC

HM3 David E. Worley, USN

PFC Craig L. Wyche, USMC

SFC James G. Yarber, USA

SGT Jeffrey D. Young, USMC

1STLT William A. Zimmerman

December 2, 1983

CPL Henry Townsend JR., USMC

December 4, 1983

CPL Shannon D. Biddle, USMC

CPL Sam Cherman, USMC

SGT Manuel A. Cox, USMC

CPL David L. Daugherty, USMC

CPL Thomas A. Evans, USMC

PFC Jeffrey T. Hattaway, USMC

CPL Todd A. Kraft, USMC

LT Mark A. Lange, USN

CPL Marvin H. Perkins, USMC

January 8, 1984

CPL Edward J. Gargano, USMC

January 30, 1984

LCPL George L. Dramis, USMC

LCPL Rodolfo Hernandez, USMC

February 9, 1984

CPT Alfred Butler III, USMC

October 20, 1984

CPL Michael Hasenfus, USA

September 20, 1984 – U.S. Embassy Annex

Fouad Abdou

Kassem Ayache

Edward Maalouf

Walid Minkara

Jad Nasr

Nelly Saoud

Ali-Fayez Tayyar

IS1 Michael R. Wagner, USN

WO2 Kenneth V. Welch, USA

June 15, 1985

SW2 Robert D. Stethem, USN

COL William R. (Rich) Higgins

August 15, 1995 – Beirut Air Bridge

CWO Michael R. Baker, USA

CWO Donal J. Cunningham, USA

SPC Robert A. Rogers, USA

SPC Dale L. Wood, USA