Name:
Michael Caleb Sauls
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Lance Corporal
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United States Marine Corps
Date of Death:
1983-10-23
State:
South Carolina
Cemetery:
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, South Carolina
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Michael Caleb Sauls was born on March 19, 1963 in Cherry Point, Craven County, North Carolina. He served in the United States Marine Corps as a Lance Corporal. Michael 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 Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA.