Name:
Louis James Rotondo
Rank:
Lance Corporal
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
Lakeview Memorial Park, New Jersey
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Louis James Rotondo was born on March 7, 1962. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. Louis 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 Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. He was the last Marine to be found in the rubble. His headstone shows his rank as a Corporal.