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Memorial ride honors legacy of US Marine Humberto Sanchez 4 years after Afghanistan attack
Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind.
August 27, 2025
Coral Doolittle and her husband, the mother and step father of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, stand together at Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck in Indiana on Oct. 1, 2021. Sanchez was one of 13 U.S. service members killed Aug. 26, 2021, as the result of an enemy attack while supporting evacuation efforts for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Dylan Bailey/U.S. Army)
(Tribune News Service) — The fifth annual Cpl. Humberto Sanchez Memorial Honor Ride took place Aug. 23 in Indiana.
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Humberto Sanchez, 22, was stationed in Afghanistan and aiding the withdrawal on Aug. 26, 2021, at the Kabul airport when a suicide bomber carried a heavier-than-usual load of about 25 pounds of explosives, loaded with shrapnel, into the departure zone. Sanchez and 12 other U.S. service members were killed in the attack. At least 169 Afghans were also killed in the blast.
Marines transfer the remains of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez of Logansport, Indiana, Sept. 12, 2021, at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana. Sanchez was one of 13 U.S. service members killed Aug. 26, 2021, as the result of an enemy attack while supporting evacuation efforts for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Benjamin Mota/U.S. Air Force)
The event in Logansport, north of Indianapolis, opened with a welcome from Sanchez’s mother, Coral Doolittle, who announced a new memorial foundation in Sanchez’s honor that will work to help those in the military readjust to civilian life when their duty ends.
Six Marines in Sanchez’s deployment group have since taken their lives after returning home.
Following Doolittle’s announcement, a long line of bikes arrived just after 1 p.m. They would return from their honor ride hours later for an evening of food, music and celebration of Sanchez’s life.
A semi trailer displaying Sanchez’s picture along with those of other veterans who had been lost was on display behind the Old Style Inn. Live music was provided by Decades and Plan B. There was also a bounce house set up for children.
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