Name:
Timothy David McNeely
Rank:
Lance Corporal
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
Glenwood Memorial Park, North Carolina
Plot:
1_60_A_3
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Timothy David McNeely was born on January 12, 1964 in Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He was the son of David Stephen McNeely and Dorothy Elizabeth Cline McNeely. Timothy served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. 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. He is now buried in the Glenwood Memorial Park, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA.