US releases names of all 13 troops killed in Kabul airport attack
The Defense Department has released the identities of all 13 American service members who were killed in a pair of attacks at the Kabul airport on Thursday.
The deceased are as follows: Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20 of Jackson, Wyoming; Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20, of Wentzville, Missouri; Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas; Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Soviak, of Berlin Heights, Ohio; Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, California; Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California; Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Utah; Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska; Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, of Knoxville, Tennessee; Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts; Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana; Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23, of Roseville, California; and Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
The attacks, via a suicide bombing and a gunman, also killed an estimated 170 Afghans.