Remembering the U.S. service members who lost their lives during the Afghanistan exit

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• Judy Woodruff:

  And we close tonight with an honor roll, remembering the 13 U.S. service members who were among those killed last week in the terror attack in Kabul, losing their lives during the extraordinary effort to help Americans and Afghan allies flee in the wake of the Taliban takeover.

  Twenty-year-old Marine Lance Corporal David L. Espinoza of Rio Bravo, Texas. Marine Sergeant Nicole L. Gee, age 23, from Sacramento, California. Marine Staff Sergeant Darin T. Hoover, age 31, from Salt Lake City. Army Staff Sergeant Ryan C. Knauss was 23 years old. He was from Corryton, Tennessee.

  Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez of Indio, California was 22. Twenty-year-old Rylee J. McCollum, a Marine lance corporal from Jackson, Wyoming. Marine Lance Corporal Dylan R. Merola of Rancho Cucamonga, California, was 20. Marine Lance Corporal Kareem M. Nikoui of Norco, California, was 20.

  Marine Corporal Daegan W. Page, an Omaha native, was 23. Twenty-five-year-old Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario from Lawrence, Massachusetts. Marine Corporal Humberto A. Sanchez, age 22, of Logansport, Indiana. Marine Lance Corporal Jared M. Schmitz, age 20, of St. Charles, Missouri. And Hospitalman Maxton W. Soviak of the U.S. Navy, he was from Berlin Heights, Ohio. And he was 22.

  Our thanks to each one of these young men and women and the ultimate sacrifice that they have made for our country.