The memory of a U.S. services member who was killed in the 2021 Kabul airport attack was honored at Disneyland on Monday – virtually a 12 months following he died. 

Maritime Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, 20, was a California native who was murdered in the Aug. 26 suicide bombing amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. 13 U.S. services associates have been killed in the assault on Hamid Karzai Intercontinental Airport – which also killed at least 170 Afghan civilians and wounded more than 150 many others.

The Merola loved ones was acknowledged in the course of the Disneyland Vacation resort Flag Retreat Ceremony in Anaheim, California. Merola's spouse and children was in attendance, such as his mom, his grandparents and his sister. 

Merola's household was acknowledged in the course of the ceremony. (Disneyland Resort)

"It meant so a great deal to me nowadays to honor my son," Cheryl Rex, Merola's mom, mentioned. "As he was growing up, we attended a good deal of things at Disneyland. We experienced year passes due to the fact he was small."

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Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola was killed in Kabul assault. (Deborah Gembara/Mana Rabiee)

"It can be incredibly meaningful. It is really a unique put to us," Rex included. 

Relatives users say that Merola experienced only been in Afghanistan for a lot less than two weeks when he was killed all through the tragic attack.

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Maritime Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, who died for the duration of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, was honored at Disneyland. (Disneyland Resort)

The ceremony – which has been a tradition at Disney vacation resort parks for decades – is held each day both at Disneyland and Walt Disney Globe Resort in Florida. 

Merola's ceremony was not the only time the Walt Disney Corporation honored the company members who died throughout the Afghanistan withdrawal. They held a equivalent Disneyland ceremony for Hunter Lopez, a 22-year outdated Marine, in September 2021. 

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Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola was just one of 13 service customers killed in the 2021 Kabal attack. (Disneyland Vacation resort)

In accordance to his mom, Lopez was a major admirer of Disney. He reportedly informed his mothers and fathers he wanted to be buried with a lightsaber he manufactured at Disneyland in 2019. 

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Merola's mother Cheryl Rex was presented with the Navy Achievement Medal. (Disneyland Vacation resort)

"As we walked into Disneyland, the marching band was coming out on to Primary Road [U.S.A.] and commenced to participate in a Star Wars song," Hunter's mother Alicia explained to Disney Parks Weblog. "We really do not know if it was Disney magic or irrespective of whether it was Hunter, but either way it felt great being aware of he was there with us."