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The brother of a younger Marine killed for the duration of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan reportedly died by suicide a yr afterwards during a new memorial assistance for the fallen support member. 

Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, from Norco, California, was one of 13 American troops killed on Aug. 26, 2021, when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive outside the house the Kabul airport as crowds of Americans and Afghan allies sought to flee Taliban fighters getting over management of the funds metropolis. 

Virtually a yr later, Nikoui’s older brother, 28-yr-previous Dakota Halverson, died on Aug. 9, a push launch from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department verified, even though offering few facts.

"The older brother of just one of the 13 KIA in Kabul not too long ago killed himself at his minor brother’s memorial," Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., tweeted on Saturday, replying to a tweet by Townhall reporter Julio Rosas. "Please pray for his family members. There Have to be accountability for this ongoing carnage." 

FATHER OF SLAIN Maritime SPEAKS OUT ON ‘CHAOTIC’ Circumstance IN AFGHANISTAN 

Shana Chappell, mother of slain Maritime Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, is embraced all through a celebration of lifestyle support for him at Harvest Christian Fellowship Church, Riverside, on Sept. 18, 2021.  (Cindy Yamanaka/MediaNews Team/The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Photographs)

Rosas shared a website link to a GoFundMe website page, crafting that "Shana Chappell, who dropped her son LCpl. Kareem Nikoui in the assault throughout the Afghanistan evacuation previous yr, introduced her son Dakota died." Rosas’ tweet involved the hashtag "#SuicideAwareness." 

"Dakota Halverson was a loving son, brother and buddy," Chappell wrote on GoFundMe. "Getting rid of his brother approximately just one 12 months back has tested much too challenging to bear. Any donations for his burial and solutions would be considerably appreciated as he wanted to be buried upcoming to his brother Kareem, who was killed August 26th, 2021, even though serving his country. His spouse and children and I want to honor his wishes."

A army honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of Maritime Lance Cpl. Kareem Grant Nikoui at the Harvest Christian Fellowship on Sept. 18, 2021, in Riverside, California. (Apu Gomes/AFP by using Getty Images)

As of midday Sunday, the fundraiser reached additional than $18,600 of its shown $20,000 purpose. 

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Chappell and the fallen Marine’s father, Steve Nikoui, have been vocal critics of President Biden’s principal armed forces officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff members Gen. Mark A. Milley, about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan final August subsequent a 20-calendar year conflict.