Remembering the 13 American Servicemembers Killed 8/26/2021

Two years have passed since an ISIS-K suicide bomber near the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) Abbey Gate was set off while Afghanistan citizens and expats were evacuating. The number of Afghan citizens reported, by the media, to have been killed by the bomb still varies from 60 to 170; in addition to 3 confirmed foreign nationals: two British citizens and the child of a British citizen. An additional 160 people were injured as well as 18 US service members.

There is no dispute on the number ofAmerican service members who were killed while they were helping people evacuate from Afghanistan:

2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and based in Camp Pendleton, California.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, 20, was from Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, hailed from Logansport, Indiana

Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska,

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20, was a native of Wentzville, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.

Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, of Indio, California

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Espinoza, 20, was a native of Laredo, Texas

Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio

Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, and based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23, was from Sacramento, California.

5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Naval Support Activity Bahrain

Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosariopichardo, 25, was from Lawrence, Massachusetts.

9th PSYOP Battalion, 8th PSYOP Group, and based in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss , of Corryton, Tennessee

 U.S.-Withdrawal-from-Afghanistan75.pdf

Brother of Marine killed in Kabul dies by his memorial (militarytimes.com)

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