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Brother of Marine killed in Afghanistan withdrawal commits suicide at memorial for fallen service member


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The brother of a younger Marine killed through the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan reportedly died by suicide a 12 months later throughout a current memorial service for the fallen service member. 

Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, from Norco, California, was considered one of 13 American troops killed on Aug. 26, 2021, when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive exterior the Kabul airport as crowds of Individuals and Afghan allies sought to flee Taliban fighters taking on management of the capital metropolis. 

Practically a 12 months later, Nikoui’s older brother, 28-year-old Dakota Halverson, died on Aug. 9, a press launch from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Division confirmed, although providing few particulars.

“The older brother of one of many 13 KIA in Kabul lately killed himself at his little brother’s memorial,” Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., tweeted on Saturday, replying to a tweet by Townhall reporter Julio Rosas. “Please pray for his household. There MUST be accountability for this continued carnage.” 

FATHER OF SLAIN MARINE SPEAKS OUT ON ‘CHAOTIC’ SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN 

Shana Chappell, mom of slain Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, is embraced during a celebration of life service for him at Harvest Christian Fellowship Church, Riverside, on Sept. 18, 2021. 

Shana Chappell, mother of slain Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, is embraced throughout a celebration of life service for him at Harvest Christian Fellowship Church, Riverside, on Sept. 18, 2021. 
(Cindy Yamanaka/MediaNews Group/The Riverside Press-Enterprise through Getty Photographs)

Rosas shared a hyperlink to a GoFundMe web page, writing that “Shana Chappell, who misplaced her son LCpl. Kareem Nikoui within the assault through the Afghanistan evacuation final 12 months, introduced her son Dakota died.” Rosas’ tweet included the hashtag “#SuicideAwareness.” 

“Dakota Halverson was a loving son, brother and buddy,” Chappell wrote on GoFundMe. “Shedding his brother almost one 12 months in the past has confirmed too troublesome to bear. Any donations for his burial and providers can be vastly appreciated as he needed to be buried subsequent to his brother Kareem, who was killed August twenty sixth, 2021, whereas serving his nation. His household and I wish to honor his needs.”

A military honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Grant Nikoui at the Harvest Christian Fellowship on Sept. 18, 2021, in Riverside, California.

A navy honor guard carries the flag-draped casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Grant Nikoui on the Harvest Christian Fellowship on Sept. 18, 2021, in Riverside, California.
(Apu Gomes/AFP through Getty Photographs)

As of noon Sunday, the fundraiser reached greater than $18,600 of its listed $20,000 aim. 

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Chappell and the fallen Marine’s father, Steve Nikoui, have been vocal critics of President Biden’s principal navy officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees Gen. Mark A. Milley, relating to the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan final August following a 20-year battle. 

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