The 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul airport attack
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The dead included 11 Marines, one soldier and one sailor, with many in their early 20s.
The U.S. toll from Thursday’s terrorist attack in Afghanistan has come into sharper focus with the Defense Department confirming on Saturday the identities of all 13 U.S. service members who were killed.
On Saturday, a Pentagon spokesperson said the remains of the service members were en route to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the first transit place for U.S. service members killed overseas.
Names of those killed:
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20, Jackson, Wyo.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20, of Wentzville, Mo.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Tex.
Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio
Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, Calif.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif.
Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, 31, of Utah
Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page, 23, of Omaha
Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tenn.
Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario, 25, Lawrence, Mass.
Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, Logansport, Ind.
Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23, of Roseville, Calif.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
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