Name:
Paul Gerome, III Innocenzi
Rank:
Warrant Officer First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Saint Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey
Plot:
St. Raphael Corridor, Column 9
Row:
A
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Paul Gerome Innocenzi, III was born in 1955 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. He was the son of Paul G. Innocenzi and Marie E. Bresnen Innocenzi. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Warrant Officer 1. Paul 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 Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.