40th Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony

The memorial observance is held annually on October 23 to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks at the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon and Grenada.

231023-M-EM580-1445.JPG Photo By: Lance Cpl. Zachary Zephir

Oct 25, 2023

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - Former U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kenneth L. Candelaria, an aviation clerk with Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 261, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, pays his respects following the 40th Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2023. The memorial observance is held annually on October 23 to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks at the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon and Grenada. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Zephir)

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