Mr. El-Kaddoum was born in 1947 in Kafr, a village in a mountainous region north of Beirut. Mr. El-Kaddoum entered the Interior Security Forces in April of 1971 and, at the time of the bombing, was serving in the ISF’s Embassy Protection division. He was married and had two children. When the explosion occurred, he was standing at the guard post just outside the embassy. He was 35 or 36 years old at the time of his death.

Mr. Naja El-Kaddoum was one of 63 victims of the bombing of the American Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, which took place on April 18, 1983. At approximately 1:05 PM, a truck loaded with nearly 2,000 pounds of explosives careened through the driveway of the American embassy and crashed into the building. A massive explosion ripped through all seven levels of the embassy, sending debris flying hundreds of feet into the air and causing the burning building to collapse on itself. In addition to those who lost their lives, at least 120 people were injured. At the time, it was the deadliest attack on an American diplomatic mission since World War II. Mr. El-Kaddoum was one of three members of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) assigned to protect the Embassy who perished in the explosion.

Source of information: https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/67095/naja-el-kaddoum