马萨诸塞州劳伦斯。周二晚上,一名美国海军陆战队员在她的家乡受到表彰,她是在阿富汗自杀式爆炸袭击中丧生的13人中的一员。
马萨诸塞州劳伦斯市的官员在退伍军人纪念体育场与约翰尼·罗萨里奥·皮查多中士的家人一起守夜。
25岁的罗萨里奥死于8月26日喀布尔机场的爆炸事件,当时人们正在撤离,塔利班正在接管阿富汗。其他十几名美国军人和169名阿富汗人被打死。
数十人参加了上周末在波士顿举行的纪念罗萨里奥的守夜活动,该活动由马萨诸塞州倒下的英雄组织主办,该组织由退伍军人谁在服役伊拉克和阿富汗。
罗萨里奥出生于多米尼加,曾在海军两栖部队第51特遣队/第5海军远征旅服役。
Vigil held for slain US Marine in her home city
LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A U.S. Marine who was among 13 killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan was honored Tuesday evening in her hometown.
Officials in Lawrence, Massachusetts, held a vigil with Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo's family at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
Rosario, 25, died in the Aug. 26 bombing at the Kabul airport, where people were being evacuated amid the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. A dozen other U.S. service members and 169 Afghans were killed.
Dozens attended a separate vigil in Rosario’s memory last weekend in Boston that was hosted by Massachusetts Fallen Heroes, an organization founded byveteranswho served inIraqand Afghanistan.
Rosario, who was of Dominican origin, served with the Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade.