Beirut Memorial, (sculpture).

Beirut Memorial, (sculpture).

Godwin, Abbe, sculptor.

Beirut Memorial, (sculpture).

Memorial dedicated Oct. 23, 1986. Statue dedicated Oct. 22, 1988.

(On wall:) THEY CAME IN PEACE

A large granite wall inscribed with the names of 273 U.S. service members who were killed in Beirut, Lebanon on Oct. 23, 1983 when a suicide bomber drove a truck filled with explosives into the Marine headquarters building. The granite wall is broken in the middle with a depiction of the bombed headquarters building. And on a pedstal in the center is a sculpture of a Marine holding his rife.

History -- United States -- Military history

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Jacksonville

Located Lejeune Boulevard, Jacksonville, North Carolina

The design for the memorial came from a competition among graduate students held at the School of Design at North Carolina State University. The sculpture of the marine, which was created by Abbe Godwin, was added in 1988.

Inventory Staff, 2002.

America's Battlefields & Memorials (a supplement to newsweeklies published by Army Times Publishing Co, Springfield, VA), July 2002, pg. 45.

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