NORCO, Calif. (KESQ) – A remembrance service is scheduled a week from today in Norco to honor the 11 U.S. Marines and several other U.S. Armed service members killed in a suicide bombing that occurred during the chaotic evacuation of American military personnel and civilians from Afghanistan four years ago this month.
The ceremony to mark the fourth anniversary of the attack is scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Memorial for the Fallen 13 in the Norco Country Center, 960 Sixth St.
A frequent speaker at the annual remembrances is Shana Chappell of Norco, who lost her son, 20-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, in the Aug. 26, 2021, bombing by terrorists at the Abbey Gate fronting Kabul Airport.
Along with the Marines, a U.S. Navy corpsman and a U.S. Army soldier perished, while nearly 100 civilians were killed or injured in the blast…