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Never Forget
August 26, 2021

A su***de bomber triggered two bomb devices at Kabul's Airport Abbey Gate where U.S. troops were searching evacuees rushing to depart the country. A later investigation would show that a 20-pound bomb exploded spraying the crowd with 5 mm ball bearings.

At least 18 other troops were wounded in the bombing that killed at least 170 people as well as the Thirteen U.S. service members. The Abbey Gate bombing ranks as one of the highest losses of U.S. military members in the Afghanistan War in a single incident alongside the 2011 Extortion 17 mission, when enemy forces shot down a CH-47D Chinook helicopter and killed 29 U.S. troops.

Sgt. Nicole L Gee, 23, of Sacramento, CA Section 60-11957
SSgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt lake City, UT Section 60-11951
Hoover was the Senior Marine killed
Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, CA
Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, NE
Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, IN
L/Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, TX
L/Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, MO
L/Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, WY
L/Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
L/Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, CA
[ His brother Dakota Halverson, 28, committed su***de on 9 Aug. 2022]
Navy Hospitalman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, OH
(posthumously promoted to HM3)
Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, MA
SSgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, TN Section 60-11954

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law in December 2021 awarding the Abbey Gate fallen the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously for their sacrifice.

Thirty-seven Marines and sailors in the operation received Purple Hearts and 313 received Combat Action Ribbons in connection with Operation Allies Refuge.

Bob Hamill, an Army Veteran made Walking Stick #679 in honor of the fallen 13.

Source: Patrick J. Hughes, Vietnam Veteran, USMC

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