OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of a 23-year-old Marine from Omaha says he was among the 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
The family of Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page said Friday in a statement that he was part of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines based in Camp Pendleton, California.
Page was raised in Red Oak, Iowa, and the Omaha metro area.
The family said he is mourned by his parents, stepmother and stepfather, four siblings, a girlfriend and grandparents.
The bombing was blamed on Afghanistan’s offshoot of the Islamic State group.
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Statement from Governor Pete Ricketts on Cpl. Page
Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that U.S. Marine Corporal Daegan Page of Nebraska had died in yesterday’s terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.
“Our hearts are breaking right now for the military families who lost loved ones in the terrorist attack in Kabul yesterday,” said Governor Ricketts. “Nebraska will long remember Corporal Page’s heroic service to his country, and we mourn his passing. Susanne and I encourage Nebraskans to keep Daegan’s family in their prayers in the coming days and weeks.”
Flags across Nebraska are at half-staff until sunset on August 30 to honor the victims of the terrorist attack in Kabul.
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A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military.
A man who planned to become a sheriff's deputy when his deployment ended. Details began emerging Friday about some of the 13 U.S. troops killed in a horrific suicide bombing at Afghanistan's Kabul airport. Eleven Marines, one Navy sailor and one Army soldier were among the dead, and 18 other U.S. service members were wounded in Thursday’s bombing, which was blamed on Afghanistan’s offshoot of the Islamic State group.