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Each has made an impact on life as a Marine Security Guard, as a Marine, and as a human being.
We sincerely hope to honor their memories while they stand tall at their final post.
If you know of an MSG whos should be listed here, please send details to: history@embassymarine.org
| MSG | Posts | Date | Comments |
Nairobi, Kenya 1998 |
8 AUG 1998 | Sgt
Aliganga was killed during a terrorist bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. |
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Craig B. Ashe Sergeant ~ USMC
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Paris France 1969 |
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| Saigon RVN 1973-1975 |
21
FEB 2004 |
Fall-of-Saigon Association |
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Colin
Broussard |
Saigon RVN 1973-1975 |
25 DEC 2005 | Fall-of-Saigon Association |
| 2ndLt.
Shane Childers (Former Sgt) |
Geneva, SW Nairobi, Kenya 199* - 199* |
15 Nov 2005 | KIA Iraq with 5th Marines |
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Islamabad, Pakistan |
21 NOV 1979 |
Cpl
Crowley was killed by
sniper fire
during an attack by a mob on the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. |
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Stephen
Conboy |
Phnom Penh, Cambodia Vienna, Austria Kabul, Afghanistan 197? - 197? |
20
Jun 2004 |
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LtCol
Carl F. Dawson (Ret.) |
Brussels, Belguim |
30 Sept 2002 |
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Bobby J.
Dickson Staff Sergeant ~ USMC |
San
Salvador, El Salvador |
19 June 1985 |
S/Sgt
Dickson, S/Sgt Handwork,
Sgt Kwiatkowski & Sgt Weber were off-duty Marines assigned to the
Marine Security Guard Detachment in San Salvador. They were killed by
terrorists armed with automatic weapons at a cafe in the Zona Rosa
District of San Salvador
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| GySgt Eli Fontecchio | . | 4 Aug 2004 | Former MSG - KIA
Iraq Aug 4, 2004 |
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Ronald H. Giles
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Calcutta, India Amman, Jordan Leopoldville, Congo |
10 April 1999 |
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Jonathan
D. Gross |
Maputo, Mozambique |
25 Sept 2001 |
Sgt Sanchez & Cpl Gross died in an off-duty boating accident. |
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Thomas
R. Handwork |
San
Salvador, El Salvador |
19 Sune 1985 |
S/Sgt Dickson, S/Sgt Handwork, Sgt Kwiatkowski & Sgt Weber were off-duty Marines assigned to the Marine Security Guard Detachment in San Salvador. They were killed by terrorists armed with automatic weapons at a cafe in the Zona Rosa District of San Salvador. |
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Richard
Hawyer |
Geneva, Switzerland |
6 June 2002 |
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| Col. Gilbert R. Hershey | Commanding Officer - MSGBn European Region |
31 Oct 2003 |
Col. Gilbert Richardson Hershey, 81, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, of the Hunting Hills area of Ijamsville, MD, Died Friday , October 31, 2003 at the Layhill Genesis Center, Silver Springs, MD |
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Virgel E. Hickman |
Tripoli,
Libya |
4 Mar 2002 |
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| Theodore
S. Holder II Staff Sergeant, USMC |
Cyprus |
11
Nov 2004 |
KIA in Iraq |
| Kenneth
Hunt Jr Master Sergeant, USMC |
Nassau, Bahamas Havana, Cuba |
24 July2004 | KIA in Iraq |
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Darwin D.
Judge Corporal ~ USMC |
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29 Apr 1975 |
LCpl
Judge & Cpl McMahon, Marines from the Marine Security Detachment in
Saigon, were killed during an artillery attack while providing security
for the Defense Attache Office, at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon. Last
two Americans killed in Vietnam. |
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Patrick
R. Kwiatkowski |
San
Salvador, El Salvador |
19 June 1985 |
S/Sgt Dickson, S/Sgt Handwork, Sgt Kwiatkowski & Sgt Weber were off-duty Marines assigned to the Marine Security Guard Detachment in San Salvador. They were killed by terrorists armed with automatic weapons at a cafe in the Zona Rosa District of San Salvador. |
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MSG 1995 - 1997 |
Hong Kong 1993 Bogota, Colombia 1994 |
Gunnery Sgt.
Shawn
A. Lane, of Corning, died in Anbar province in western Iraq. He was
assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Gunny Lane was a former MSG with the Bogota & Hong Kong detachments |
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| Donald C.
Locke MEGA C-190 USMC: 1948-1969 |
Moscow,
USSR |
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| Islamabad, Pakistan 1995 Montevideo, Uruguay 1996 |
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| Billy
Miller Lance Corporal, USMC |
Madrid, Spain | 15 Nov 2005 | KIA with 8th Marines. |
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John B. Murphy |
London, UK 1948 - ? |
26 Jun 2001 |
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Thomas
Marcott |
Port au Prince, Haiti |
26 Nov 2003 | . |
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JAMES
C. MARSHALL Corporal ~ USMC |
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31 Jan 1968 |
Cpl
Marshall was the first
Marine Security Guard killed in the defense of an American Embassy. Cpl
Marshall was 21 years old. The Marine Security Guard School building
(Marshall Hall) at MCB Quantico was named in his honor.
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Roy F. McAfee |
Caracas, Venezuela |
28 Nov 1998 |
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Richard F. McClellan MEGA LM-641 DOB: 24 May 1931 |
Karachi, Pakistan 1963-1966 |
26 May 2003 |
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| Harry R. McDaniel MEGA C-403 USMC: 1948-1968 DOB: 13 MAR 1929 |
Amman, Jordan |
13 June 2002 |
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Charles
McMahon Jr.. Corporal ~ USMC |
Saigon, Vietnam |
29 April 1975 |
LCpl
Judge & Cpl McMahon,
Marines from the Marine Security Detachment in Saigon, were killed
during an artillery attack while providing security for the Defense
Attache Office, at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon. Last two Americans
killed in Vietnam.
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Robert
V. McMaugh |
Beirut, Lebanon 1983 |
18 April 1983 |
Cpl McMaugh was killed in a terrorist
bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut |
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Phillip
M. Miller |
Tripoli, Lebanon 1961-1964 |
21 Sept
2000 |
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Richard
Mullinix |
Jerusalem, Israel |
18 Apr 2001 |
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John
Pearson |
Beirut, Lebanon |
18 April 1983 |
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John P.Phillips |
Cairo, Egypt 1997 - 1998 |
26 Aug 2006 |
Died Aug 26 2006 from wounds
received in action during Iraqi Freedom Campaign 7 Mar 2006 |
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Desmont R.
Risser
|
Athens,
Greece |
26 Nov 2000 |
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| Tunis, Brussels, TelAviv 1998 - 2001 |
27 April 2005 | Matt Reiman passed
away from cancer, leaving has wife Amanda and newborn baby. |
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Carlos
Rodrigues |
Tegucigulpa, Honduras Vienna, Austria 2003 |
15 Mar 2004 |
Sgt
Rodrigues was transferred home from his 2nd post (Vienna), suffering from terminal stomach cancer. |
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Bobby A.
Romero Sergeant ~ USMC |
Paris, France |
18 Apr 1978 |
Sgt.
Romero died while fighting a fire at his post in the U.S. Embassy in
Paris. Memorial Page |
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Louis
Roundtree |
Rome,
Italy 1959 |
8 July 2004 |
Korea Vietnam 1 Silver Star / 4 Bronze Stars / 3 Purple Hearts / 2 Navy Commendation |
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Alejandro
Sanchez Sergeant ~ USMC |
Maputo, Mozambique |
25 Sept 2001 |
Sgt Sanchez & Cpl Gross died in an off-duty boating accident. |
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Sgt
Kyle Seitsinger |
Moscow, Russia Brasilia, Brazil (Dates TBD) |
30
Jan 2004 |
Sgt
Seitsinger was KIA as an Army Reservist serving in Afghanistan |
| Melissa
Schmidt, Sergeant, USMC |
Nassau, Bahamas Havana, Cuba |
12 Aug 2002 |
Police
Officer - killed in line of duty,
Minneapolis, Mn |
| Tom
Smith Corporal, USMC |
Beirut, Lebanon | 23
Oct 1983 |
Cpl
Smith was killed in
the 1983 Bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon |
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Jerry M.
Swaim
|
Beirut, Lebanon 1962-1964 |
3 Dec 2002 |
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| Sidney T. Telford Captain, USMC MEGA R-807 USMC: 1958-1962 & 1969-1971 DOB: 26 Jul
1938 |
Asuncion, Paraguay 1960-1962 |
16 March 2003 |
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| Peter
J. Tocci Sergeant - USMC |
Montevideo, Uruguay Tallinn, Estonia 2003 - 2004 |
19 Sept 2005 | Killed
in Iraq (Private Security Consultant to DOS) |
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Charles
W. Turberville |
Phnon Penh, Khmer Republic |
31 Jan 1968 |
Sgt Turberville was killed and other Marine Security Guards were wounded during a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy softball game in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. |
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Donald
Alan Vienne DOB: 29 Aug 1932 |
Paris, France 1954-1956 |
7 March 2003 |
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Gregory H.
Weber Sergeant ~ USMC |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
19 June 1985 |
Sgt Weber was killed by an El Salvador Terror Cell called the "Mardoqueo Cruz" urban commando of PRTC. FMLN defended the attack in a communiqué. In a subsequent trial, three people were tried and convicted |
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Travis
Whitman |
Germany 2001 Lapaz, Bolivia 2002 |
Sgt Whitman was killed in a car crash in Iraq, where he was working after leaving the Marine Corps in 2003 |
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