Peace Keeping Mission in Lebanon
served his country from:
Military start: 29 Jul 1982
Military discharge: 4 Dec 1983
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Below courtesy of WMF -
Karl & Lisa Wittstruck (#47719553)
Julie Fasano - family - Together We Served
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A member of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force, Beirut Lebanon 1982 & 1983. Grenada 1983. Killed in Action on December 4, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. Sam and the other members of the squad were positioned on the outskirts of the Beirut International Airport on a small rooftop. They were involved in a firefight that lasted for hours. Their position sustained a direct hit by a 120 mm rocket. Sam and 7 other members of his squad were killed.
The American servicemen that lost their lives that day:
Cpl Shannon Dale Biddle
Cpl Sam Irwin Cherman
Sgt Manuel A Cox
LCpl Thomas A Evans
Cpl Todd Anthony Kraft
Lt Mark Adam Lange
Cpl Marvin H. Perkins
Need burial information
USMC Cpl David L. Daugherty – Eastlake, OH
USMC Pfc Jeffrey T. Hathaway - Pensacola, FL
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Peace Keeping Mission in Lebanon
served his country from:
Military start: 29 Jul 1982
Military discharge: 4 Dec 1983
-------------------------
Below courtesy of WMF -
Karl & Lisa Wittstruck (#47719553)
Julie Fasano - family - Together We Served
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A member of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force, Beirut Lebanon 1982 & 1983. Grenada 1983. Killed in Action on December 4, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. Sam and the other members of the squad were positioned on the outskirts of the Beirut International Airport on a small rooftop. They were involved in a firefight that lasted for hours. Their position sustained a direct hit by a 120 mm rocket. Sam and 7 other members of his squad were killed.
The American servicemen that lost their lives that day:
Cpl Shannon Dale Biddle
Cpl Sam Irwin Cherman
Sgt Manuel A Cox
LCpl Thomas A Evans
Cpl Todd Anthony Kraft
Lt Mark Adam Lange
Cpl Marvin H. Perkins
Need burial information
USMC Cpl David L. Daugherty – Eastlake, OH
USMC Pfc Jeffrey T. Hathaway - Pensacola, FL
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