Name:
Frederick Bailey Douglass
Rank:
Sergeant Major
Serial Number:
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Massachusetts National Cem., Massachusetts
Plot:
Section 2
Row:
Grave:
40
Decoration:
Comments:
Frederick Bailey Douglass was born on September 28, 1936 in Cataumet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Sergeant Major. Frederick was killed in the terrorist bombing of the United States Marine barracks. In the early morning hours of 23 Oct. 1983, a truck loaded with explosives crashed through the security perimeter of the USMC Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. In the explosion that followed, 241 US Military personnel were killed and 80 serious wounded. He is now buried in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA.