Name:
Warren Richardson
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Calverton National Cemetery, New York
Plot:
Section 2
Row:
Grave:
361
Decoration:
Comments:
Warren Richardson was born on April 26, 1957 in Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. Warren 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 Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, Suffolk County, New York, USA. His headstone shows his rank as a Corporal.