Name:
Donald Wayne Hildreth
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Gunnery Sergeant
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
South Carolina
Cemetery:
Garden of Devotion Cemetery, South Carolina
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Donald Wayne Hildreth was born on November 25, 1957 in Clermont, Lake County, Florida. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Gunnery Sergeant. Donald 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 Garden of Devotion Cemetery, Johnsonville, Florence County, South Carolina, USA.