Beirut Memorial
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Camp Gilbert H. Johnson.
Camp Gilbert H. Johnson
Military installation
Camp Gilbert H. Johnson is a satellite camp of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and home to the Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, where various support military occupational specialties such as administration, supply, logistics, finance, Navy corpsman and motor transport maintenance are trained. Camp Gilbert H. Johnson is situated 1¼ miles south of Beirut Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jacksonville.
Jacksonville
Photo: Hammerattack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jacksonville is the county seat of Onslow County, North Carolina. The home of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River. Jacksonville is in North Carolina's Inner Banks region, approximately a one hour away from the "Port City" Wilmington.
Beirut Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Description: United States military memorial
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Unorganized Territory of Camp Lejeune, Onslow, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.74772° or 34° 44′ 52″ northLongitude
-77.41448° or 77° 24′ 52″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
8764PHXP+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 5228568800OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
“Beirut Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب بيروت التذكاري”
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