Name:
Randall James Garcia
Rank:
Lance Corporal
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
California
Cemetery:
Saint Stanislau's Catholic Cem., California
Plot:
Plot G S-98 A-14 GR 80
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Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Randall James Garcia was born on August 14, 1964 in Merced County, California. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. Randall 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 Saint Stanislau's Catholic Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA.