29 Purple Hearts approved, 12 pending for Marines and corpsman who defended Kabul airport
By Philip Athey
Sep 10, 03:46 PM
So far, 29 Marines and corpsmen attached to Marine units have received Purple Hearts for the wounds sustained while protecting Hamid Karzai International Airport in August as thousands of people fled Afghanistan.
Twelve of those Purple Hearts were awarded to the Marines and corpsman who died when a suicide bomber carrying roughly 25 pounds of explosives approached a group of Marines processing refugees through the airport’s Abbey Gate.
Not included in that number was an Army staff sergeant who was killed in the bombing and also was posthumously approved for the Purple Heart.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2021/09/10/29-purple-hearts-approved-12-pending-for-marines-and-corpsman-who-defended-kabul-airport/
