forces killed overseas – those who knew them grappled with their emotions and fears for the Marines still securing the evacuations while offering their support to the 2/1 community. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee.Īs the remains of the 13 service members were en route to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware – always the first stop for U.S. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, and Army Staff Sgt. Charles, Missouri.Īlso killed were Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana and Lance Cpl. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Cpl. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga Lance Cpl. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming Lance Cpl. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah, who was living in Aliso Viejo Cpl. Gee, 23, of Roseville, north of Sacramento Staff Sgt. Marines who were killed Thursday are Lance Cpl. In 2010, three Camp Pendleton Marines died when their Humvee flipped over in Afghanistan’s Helmand Provence, one of the fiercest areas for Marines fighting the Taliban. Four Marines were among the 11 Americans who died. That day, 30 Americans, including 17 Navy SEALs and eight Afghans, were killed.Ĭamp Pendleton Marines were also aboard two helicopters that collided over southern Afghanistan in 2009. The helicopter was supporting a quick reaction force.
Then a Chinook helicopter was shot down by militants using a rocket-propelled grenade. The Kabul bombing attack was the deadliest against U.S. The loss of the 10 is one of the deadlier losses for the base, which just last year mourned nine men who died in a training accident when their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the coast of San Clemente Island. “We cherish the legacy these warriors leave behind and commit our resources to support the wounded and bereaved.” They “paid the ultimate price to defend our nation and extend the reach of freedom beyond our shores,” he said. Camp Pendleton’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines hit with devastating loss in Kabul airport bombing – Orange County Register
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