Honoring Those Lost from Latest Attack in Afghanistan

On August 26, 2021, 13 servicemen and women lost their lives to the terrorists of ISIS. Among those were 11 Marines, one Navy Hospital Corpsman, and one Army Staff Sergeant. Among them, there were four 20-year-olds, and the average age lost was just over 22 and a half, the oldest being only 31. The attack was carried out by one suicide bomber and also killed over 150 Afghans. The names of the US servicemen and women are:

U.S. Marine, Johanny Rosario (25)

U.S. Marine, Hunter Lopez (22)

U.S. Marine, Kareem Nikoui (20)

U.S. Marine, Rylee McCollum (20)

U.S. Marine, Jared Schmitz (20)

U.S. Marine, David Lee Espinoza (20)

U.S. Navy, Maxton Soviak (22)

U.S. Marine, Taylor Hoover (31)

U.S. Marine, Daegan Page (23)

U.S. Army, Ryan Knauss (23)

U.S. Marine, Humberto Sanchez (22)

U.S. Marine, Nicole Gee (23)

U.S. Marine, Ricky Thompson (21)

These are the first US soldiers killed in action in almost 18 months. This happened as the US is evacuating from Afghan after nearly 20 years of war.