Sgt. Gee, of Combat Logistics Battalion 24, helped screen evacuees at Kabul's airport in August 2021. She was one of 13 U.S. service members killed in the Abbey Gate bombing on 26 August 2021. A native of Sacramento, she entered active duty in 2017.
Summary sources: U.S. Department of Defense casualty release (Aug 2021) · Wikipedia: 2021 Kabul airport attack. Related pages: Combat Logistics Battalion 24 .
Born 1998 · Died 2021-08-26
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Sergeant, Marine, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th MEU. Abbey Gate Kabul 2021; viral photo holding Afghan infant; 13 U.S. service members killed from records found PROBABLE1Service records write ranks and rates in dense abbreviations — Army grades such as Pvt/Pfc; Navy rates such as ( S1c(SM) or SM2c(T)).
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Pay grade: E-5 · Rough Army equivalent: Sergeant
What it meant: Squad leader / junior NCO.
Day to day (general, not personal): Squad leader / junior NCO.
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
SGT | Sergeant |
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Sgt. Nicole L. Gee was among 13 U.S. service members killed in the ISIS-K suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, HKIA, during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Days earlier she had been photographed holding an Afghan infant — an image that became a symbol of the evacuation’s human stakes. — Wikipedia / public DoD casualty release
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