Name:
Gary Randall Scott
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Corporal
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Rankin Union Cemetery, Rankin, Illinois
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Gary Randall Scott was born on January 17, 1961 in Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Corporal. Gary 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 Rankin Union Cemetery, Rankin, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA.