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Remains of Marine killed in Afghanistan will return to Lawrence on Saturday
Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario, 25, of Lawrence died in an attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul last month.
The body of the fallen Lawrence Marine killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan in August will return to her hometown this week.
Sgt. Johanny Rosario
Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario, 25, of Lawrence was killed in the attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 26, where United States service members were assisting with evacuations following the Taliban takeover of the country.
Twelve other U.S. service members and 169 Afghans died in the bombing.
Rosario was screening women and children trying to flee the country at one of the airport’s gates, a task she volunteered for, when the attack occurred. She was a member of the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade.
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The 25-year-old was remembered at a vigil with her family at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Lawrence last week.
Francisco Urena, a former Massachusetts veterans director who is working with Rosario’s family, told WCVB that Rosario’s body will be brought home to Lawrence on Saturday. Her remains will be escorted back to the city around 12:30 p.m., with the procession taking the Route 114 exit off Interstate I-495, following Route 114 to the Farrah Funeral Home.
According to WCVB, the procession will include Marines, police, firefighters, and city officials.
A wake, which is open to the public, will be held Tuesday at the Veteran’s Memorial Stadium starting at 11 a.m.
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Her burial will follow later in the day at Bellevue Cemetery, according to the station.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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