Name:
Scipio, Jr. Williams
Rank:
Gunnery Sergeant
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Unit:
United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
South Carolina
Cemetery:
Payne RMUE Church Memorial Garden, SC
Plot:
Payne RMUE Church Memorial Garden
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Scipio Williams, Jr. was born on May 23, 1948 in James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. He enlisted on August 8, 1966 and served in the United States Marine Corps as a Gunnery Sergeant. Scipio 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 Payne RMUE Church Memorial Garden, James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA.