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Terry L. Hudson, age 22, from Prichard, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Monday, December 5, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Mobile National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com
Manuel A. Cox from Union City, New Jersey.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Among eight Marines killed and two wounded by artillery fire in Beirut
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, New Jersey Run for the Fallen
David L. Daugherty from Eastlake, Ohio.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Among eight Marines killed and two wounded by artillery fire in Beirut
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Todd A. Kraft, age 19, from Devils Lake, North Dakota.
Service era: Beirut bombings
School: Devils Lake High (1982)
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: The evening of December 4th a reinforced squad of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, led by Sgt Manuel A. Cox, came under attack while manning an observation post known as Checkpoint 7, south of Beirut International Airport (BIA), near the suburb known as Ash Shuwayfat. 2/8 had arrived in Beirut weeks earlier as part of the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) to relieve 1/8, having been delayed due to their participation in Operation Urgent Fury (invasion of Grenada).
The fighting positions at Checkpoint 7 were on top of two small 2 story buildings; the usable space of the rooftop locations measuring roughly 9’x12′ each. The firefight lasted from approximately 1930 that evening until shortly after 2200. During the course of the action Sgt Cox controlled organic fires from 2/8’s assets, including small arms, mortars, artillery, 105mm tank main guns, as well as TOW and Dragon ATGMs.
As the firefight progressed other Marines in Cox’s squad rushed upstairs to assist their buddies and gain better fields of fire. Shortly after 2200 either a 120mm mortar round or a 122 rocket impacted on the position. Nine Marines were killed, and two others on the roof were wounded.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs
Shannon D. Biddle, age 21, from Valley Head, Alabama, DeKalb county.
Parents: Stepfather Raymond Fuller
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Among eight Marines killed and two wounded by artillery fire in Beirut
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Associated Press (1983)
Jeffrey T. Hattaway, age 21, from Pensacola, Florida, Escambia county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Among eight Marines killed and two wounded by artillery fire in Beirut
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Mark A. Lange, age 26, from Fraser, Michigan, Macomb county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Pilot shot down during an air attack on Syrian positions in Lebanon
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Associated Press (1983)
Thomas A. Evans, age 22, from Conrad, Montana, Pondera county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Among eight Marines killed and two wounded by artillery fire in Beirut
Cemetery: Carterville in Wolf Creek Montana
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com
Sam Cherman, age 19, from Woodside, New York, Queens county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Among eight Marines killed and two wounded by artillery fire in Beirut
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, UPI (1983)
Mark Perkins, age 21, from Franklin, Tennessee, Williamson county.
Parents: Phyllis andMarvin Perkins
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Page High (1981)
Date of death: Sunday, December 4, 1983
Death details: Killed in Grenada
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Tennessean (1983)