Name:
Jimmy Ray Cain
Rank:
Hospitalman
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Unit:
United States Navy
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Oakwood Memorial Gardens, Gardendale, Alabama
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Jimmy Ray Cain was born on February 20, 1963 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. He served in the United States Navy as a Hospitalman. Jimmy 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 Oakwood Memorial Gardens, Gardendale, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA.