MEGA's Honor Roll

Marines who die honorably while serving on a Marine Security Guard  Assignment.

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JAMES C. MARSHALL

Corporal ~ USMC

31 JAN 1968 ~ Saigon, Vietnam

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.

CHARLES W. TUBERVILLE

Sergeant ~ USMC

26 SEP 1971 ~ Phnon Penh, Khmer Republic

Sgt Tuberville was killed and other Marine Security Guards were wounded during a terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy softball game in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

DARWIN D. JUDGE

Corporal ~ USMC

29 APR 1975 ~ Saigon, Vietnam

LCpl Judge & Cpl McMahon, Marines from the Marine Security Detachment in Saigon, were killed during an artillery attack while providing security for the Defense Attaché Office, at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon. Last two Americans killed in Vietnam.

CHARLES McMAHON, Jr.

Corporal ~ USMC

29 APR 1975 ~ Saigon, Vietnam

LCpl Judge & Cpl McMahon, Marines from the Marine Security Detachment in Saigon, were killed during an artillery attack while providing security for the Defense Attaché Office, at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon. Last two Americans killed in Vietnam.

BOBBY A. ROMERO

Sergeant ~ USMC

01 MAR 1978 ~ Paris, France

Sgt Romero died while fighting a fire at his post at the U.S. Embassy in Paris.

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STEVEN J. CROWLEY

Corporal ~ USMC

21 NOV 1979 ~ Islamabad, Pakistan

Cpl Crowley was killed by sniper fire during an attack by a mob on the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.

ROBERT V. McMAUGH

Corporal ~ USMC

18 APR 1983 ~ Beirut, Lebanon

Corporal McMaugh was manning Post 1 when the embassy was attacked on April 18, 1983. He lost his life along with 16 other Americans and dozens of Lebanese citizens when terrorists slammed a van with 2,000 pounds of explosives into the embassy.

BOBBY J. DICKSON

Staff Sergeant ~ USMC

19 JUN 1985 ~ San Salvador, El Salvador

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. Obituary

THOMAS R. HANDWORK

Staff Sergeant ~ USMC

19 JUN 1985 ~ San Salvador, El Salvador

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. Obituary

PATRICK R. KWIATKOWSKI

Sergeant ~ USMC

19 JUN 1985 ~ San Salvador, El Salvador

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. Obituary

GREGORY H. WEBER

Sergeant ~ USMC

19 JUN 1985 ~ San Salvador, El Salvador

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. Obituary

JESSE NATHAN ALIGANGA

Sergeant ~ USMC

8 AUG 1998 ~ Nairobi, Kenya

Sgt Aliganga was killed during a terrorist bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi.

ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ

Sergeant ~ USMC

25 SEP 2001 ~ Maputo, Mozambique

Sgt Sanchez & Cpl Gross died in an off-duty boating accident.

JONATHAN D. GROSS

Corporal ~ USMC

25 SEP 2001 ~ Maputo, Mozambique

Cpl Gross & Sgt Sanchez  died in an off-duty boating accident.