A-10 Tankbusters roar overhead and thousands of mourners line the streets as body of Marine killed in Kabul attack makes final journey through his Indiana hometown
The body of a Marine who was among 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing during the U.S.-run evacuation at Afghanistan's Kabul airport was returned Sunday to his northern Indiana hometown.
A military procession marked the beginning of memorial services for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, of Logansport.
Sanchez´s body arrived Sunday morning at Grissom Air Reserve Base near Peru, about 80 miles (128 kilometers) north of Indianapolis. The procession then headed about 20 miles (30 kilometers) to Logansport.
People lined the route to show their respects, many with American flags, and jets flew overhead as the procession approached downtown Logansport.
The procession stopped briefly downtown, where the hearse carrying Sanchez's body paused under a garrison flag. The procession included Indiana State Police and vehicles carrying Sanchez's family, followed by thousands of motorcycles.
Sanchez was among 17 members of his Logansport High School class who joined the military after their 2017 graduation. He died in the Aug. 26 attack in Kabul, where he had been transferred after serving as a U.S. embassy guard in Jordan, according to his obituary.
Thousands of people on motorcycles drive past the crowd during the funeral procession for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Logansport, Indiana
People lined the route to show their respects, many with American flags. Sanchez was among 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing during the U.S.-run evacuation at Afghanistan's Kabul airport on Aug. 26
A hearse carrying the body of Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez passes during his funeral procession on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Logansport, Indiana
A flag is raised by firefighters before the funeral procession for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto 'Bert' Sanchez on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Logansport, Indiana
Jets flew overhead in downtown Logansport during a procession that marked the beginning of memorial services for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez
Thousands of people on motorcycles drive past the crowd during the funeral procession for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez on East Market Street on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Logansport, Indiana
Donnie Louthain watches the funeral procession for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Logansport, Indiana
A group of people pray before the funeral procession for Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021
He was among the 13 US troops killed in the suicide attack on August 26, as they were helping to screen Afghans and others at the Abbey Gate of the Kabul airport.
All 13 slain troops, who included 11 Marines, one Army staff sergeant, and one Navy corpsman, have been posthumously awarded Purple Hearts, the oldest US military award still given to American service members.
At least 169 Afghans were also killed in the bombing, as they struggled to get into the airport and on flights out of the country in the final days of the evacuation.
A public visitation is scheduled for Monday at LifeGate Church in Logansport. The funeral is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday the church. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery.
The body of Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, who was among 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing during the U.S.-run evacuation at Afghanistan´s Kabul airport, was returned Sunday to his northern Indiana hometown
People watch the funeral procession pass by for Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez on East Market Street on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Logansport, Indiana
A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez of Logansport, Indiana on Aug. 29, 2021 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
