Photo: Regi Stone via AP On the right is Lance Corporal Rylee McCollum, of Bondurant, Wyo., a Marine among 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul suicide bombing. He was celebrating Christmas 2019 at the home of his friend Eli Stone (left).
Lance Corporal Kareem Mae'Lee Grant Nikoui, of Norco, Calif., 20, sent videos to his family hours before he died, showing him interacting with children in Afghanistan. In one clip, he asked a young boy to say hello.
Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Utah, had been a Marine for 11 years.
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3. Part 2: Great young Americans |
Photo: Riverside County Sheriff's Department via Facebook Above is Hunter Lopez, 22, a Marine who was killed in the Kabul bombing. His parents work at the Riverside County Sheriff's Department in Southern California, and he was a sheriff's Explorer for three years before joining the Marine Corps in September 2017.
Marine Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz, 20, grew up in the St. Louis area and was among a group of Marines sent back to Afghanistan to assist with evacuation efforts, his father, Mark Schmitz, told KMOX Radio.
Lance Corporal David Lee Espinoza, 20, a Marine from Laredo, Texas, joined the military after high school.
A flag flies at half-staff yesterday at Mt. Soledad National War Memorial in La Jolla, Calif. Photo: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images Share this story. ... Read more. |
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