Francis E. Meloy, Jr.

Francis E. Meloy, Jr.

Francis Edward Meloy, Jr. (March 28, 1917 – June 16, 1976) was a U.S. diplomat assassinated in Beirut in 1976.

Meloy was born in Washington, D.C. and served in the United States Navy during World War II. He later become a Foreign Service officer, serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic from 1969 to 1973, to Guatemala from 1973 to 1976 and to Lebanon until his death. He was assassinated in Beirut, Lebanon.

On June 16, 1976, in Beirut, Meloy, the incoming U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, and Robert O. Waring, the U. S. Economic Counselor, were on their way to present their credentials to the new Lebanese President. Meloy, Waring and their driver, Zuhair Mohammed Moghrabi, were kidnapped by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members as they crossed the Green Line, the division between Beirut's Christian and Muslim sectors. Their bullet-riddled bodies were found a short time later in mainly Muslim west Beirut, which was then controlled by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat's guerrillas.


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