Name:
Ulysses Grant Parker
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland
Plot:
Section O
Row:
Grave:
1C
Decoration:
Comments:
Ulysses Grant Parker was born on November 21, 1958 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. Ulysses 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 Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA.