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Melvin Dewayne Holmes
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Private First Class
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United States Marine Corps
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1983-10-23
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Melvin Dewayne Holmes was born on March 23, 1964 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Private First Class. He 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. His current burial place is unknown.