Remains of Marine Killed in Afghanistan to Arrive at Forest Lawn Covina Hills

Flags are set on display at the 2020 Orange Field of Valor, in Handy Park in Orange, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

COVINA, Calif.—The body of Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, who was among 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, will be returned to the Southland today and carried in a procession to Forest Lawn Covina Hills.

Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga in San Bernardino County, died Aug. 26 in the attack at Kabul Airport that also killed 10 other Marines, a U.S. Navy corpsman, and a U.S. Army soldier, along with more than 100 Afghanis.