Humberto Sanchez, an Indiana Marine corporal, was among the 13 American troops killed in a suicide bombing Thursday near Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, Congress members say.
In a Facebook post, U.S. Rep. Jim Baird, whose district includes Logansport, where Sanchez is from, asked Hoosiers to pray for the Marine’s family.
“He bravely answered the call to serve his nation, and I am both proud of his service and deeply saddened by his loss,” Baird wrote in the Facebook post. “May we never forget Corporal Sanchez’s name or his heroism to a grateful nation.”
In a Facebook post of his own, Sen. Mike Braun called Sanchez “an American hero.”
“His service and sacrifice will never be forgotten,” Braun wrote.
In a statement published Friday afternoon, before news of Sanchez’s death circulated, Gov. Eric Holcomb asked Hoosiers to remember the soldiers killed in Kabul. Holcomb also directed flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Monday.
“As a country and as a state we need to be unified in honoring and paying our respects to the ones who paid the ultimate price,” the statement said.
Sen. Todd Young, who served in the Marines himself, tweeted “we must never forget his bravery and his sacrifice.“
The Logansport Community School Corporation said he was a Logansport High School graduate.
“We’re forever indebted to the service men and women who risk it all to protect others,” the school district tweeted. “We will never forget the names of those who paid the…
