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13 Service Members Killed in Afghanistan

A devastating attack on Thursday, August 26, 2021 outside of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, killed 13 U.S. service members. This series holds memoirs of each.

Articles in this series

David Lee Espinoza

Aug 26, 20211 min read

Rank: Marine Corps Lance CorporalAge: 20Location: Rio Bravo, Texas Quote City of Rio Bravo is mourning the loss of one of our own 🙏 Beside his grave...

David Lee Espinoza

Jared Schmitz

Aug 26, 20211 min read

Rank: Marine Corps Lance CorporalAge: 20Location: Wentzville, Missouri Quote His life meant so much more. I’m so incredibly devastated that I won’t...

Dylan R. Merola

Aug 26, 20211 min read

Rank: Marine Corps Lance CorporalAge: 20Location: Rancho Cucamonga, California Images Additional Articles USA Today

Johanny Rosario

Aug 26, 20211 min read

Rank: Marine Corps SergeantAge: 25Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts Images

Kareem Nikoui

Aug 26, 20211 min read

Rank: Marine Corps Lance CorporalAge: 20Location: Indio, California Quote They sent my son over there as a paper pusher and then had the Taliban...

Rylee James McCollum

Aug 26, 20211 min read

Rank: Marine Corps Lance CorporalAge: 20Location: Jackson, Wyoming Quote I never thought in a million years [my son] would die for nothing, for...