🏟️ Beirut Memorial

United States · Americas · 34.75°N, 77.41°W

The Beirut Memorial is a memorial to the 241 American peacekeepers—220 Marines, 18 sailors, and three soldiers—killed in the October 23, 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. It is located outside the gate of Camp Gilbert H. Johnson, a satellite camp of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, North Carolina. It is the site of an annual commemoration of the victims of the suicide attack that took their lives.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	34.75°N, 77.41°W · view on map

Beirut Memorial is located in United States, in Americas.

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