Name:
Samuel Maitland
Rank:
Corporal
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Panama
Cemetery:
Corozal American Cem. and Memorial, Panamá
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Samuel Maitland was born on November 4, 1958 in Panama. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal. Samuel 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 Corozal American Cemetery and Memorial, Corozal, Panamá, Panama.