Name:
Val Stanley Lewis
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Georgia
Cemetery:
Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia
Plot:
Section B
Row:
Grave:
1111-B
Decoration:
Comments:
Val Stanley Lewis was born on March 27, 1960 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Sergeant. Val 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 Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA.