LCpl Rylee McCollum was killed in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021, when a suicide bomber attacked his unit. His sisters and widow are named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
"He protected the airport as Americans and our allies escaped to safety. His mission saved thousands of lives. While Rylee was protecting others, he was killed by a terrorist bomb."
More than $770,000 has been raised for a Wyoming Marine from the Jackson area who was among the last to die during America's involvement in Afghanistan.
The events that followed 13 members of our military has struck a chord across the country, but especially here in Wyoming with one of our own being taken away far too early at the age of twenty.
It's been one day, a little over 24 hours. In that time, more than $300,000 has been donated to the wife and unborn child of Rylee McCollum, the U.S. Marine from Wyoming who was killed in the suicide bombing terrorist attack that occurred in Afghanistan earlier this week.
Rylee McCollum, a Wyoming-born Marine, was one of the 13 U.S. soldiers who was killed in the suicide bombing at an Afghanistan airport in the country's capital of Kabul.
In addition to flags being flown at half-staff for all the U.S. service members who were lost in the August 26 terrorist attack at the airport in Kubal, Afghanistan, Governor Mark Gordon has ordered that both the U.S. and Wyoming State flags be flown in honor of Rylee McCollum...
Upon learning of the death of Rylee McCollum, a U.S. Marine who was one of 13 U.S. service members killed in the terrorist attack which took place at the airport in Kubal, Afghanistan, Governor Mark Gordon released a statement sending his condolences to the family...