Mourners in California Honor 3 Marines Killed in Afghanistan

After the service for fallen Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee, her father Richard Herrera, center, and husband Jarod Gee, right, hold U.S. flags as her casket is moved to the hearse at Bayside Church Adventure Campus in Roseville, Calif., on Sept. 18, 2021. Renee C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via AP

RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Mourners in California said prayers and their final goodbyes Saturday to three Marines killed in last month’s bombing in Afghanistan.

Family and friends of Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui packed a church in Riverside to celebrate the life of the 20-year-old Marine from Norco.