One year ago, Corporal Hunter Lopez and 12 other U.S. Marines were killed during the evacuations at the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan. Today, we remember.
At the time, 22-year-old Cpl. Hunter Lopez was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines with the U.S. Marine Corps, and died during a suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan during the U.S. lead evacuation effort.
Three days after the community honored local veterans’ in the valley, Southwest Church made a special tribute to one hometown hero who made the ultimate sacrifice.
(CNS) – Dozens of people along with police cars and fire engines flashing their lights waited at the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station Thursday to pay their respects to U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez of Indio, one of 13 service members killed in last month’s bombing in Afghanistan. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department began a […]
(CNS) – The remains of one of two Riverside County servicemen killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan will be returned home Friday, with plans for a “Fallen Hero Procession” to salute him, a day ahead of his funeral in Riverside. U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Grant Nikoui, 20, of Norco died Aug. 26 in […]
(CNS) – U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez of Indio, one of 13 service members killed in last month’s bombing in Afghanistan, will be memorialized over the course of three days starting Thursday. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will hold a three-day long remembrance ceremony for Lopez, who died at the age of 22, starting with […]
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, local organizations are preparing to honor those who lost their lives on that fateful day… and beyond. “We’re a military aviation museum and one of the things that we can do is to honor our service members,” said Fred Bell, Vice Chairman […]
United States Marine, Corporal Hunter Lopez, the son of Riverside County Sheriff’s Captain Herman Lopez and Deputy Alicia Lopez, will finally be flown home and reunited with his family to be honored and laid to rest. Hunter Lopez was killed in action on August 26, 2021 while serving as a member of the Unites States […]
