Here are the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan attack

Posted on AllSides August 30th, 2021
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(Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/Marine Corps) (U.S. Central Command Public Affa)
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A Thursday attack outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport Kabul, Afghanistan, killed 13 U.S. service members supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

Eleven Marines, one Navy corpsman and one soldier were “killed as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations,” according to a Saturday press release from the Department of Defense, which released the names of the U.S. troops.

The names were released 24 hours after families of the deceased were notified.

For the Marine Corps, the deceased are:

Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, assigned...

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