The ceremony to rename a Northport street after a local Marine captain killed in the bombing of a barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983 has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, at 9:00 a.m.
Joseph J. Boccia Jr., who lost his life in the attack, grew up, in part on Starlit Drive. After the efforts of the village's police chief, the street will be renamed "Captain Joseph J. Boccia Jr./Starlit Drive."
Boccia and 240 other U.S. service members were killed when a terrorist drove a truck bomb into the barracks, located at Beirut airport, in the early morning hours of Oct. 23, 1983. They were there on a peacekeeping mission.
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