By Shawn Boburg, Meagan Flynn, Alex Horton, Ellen McCarthy, Dalvin Brown, María Luisa Paúl, Rebecca Tan and Jose A. Del Real, Today at 1:27 p.m. EDT

The U.S. toll from Thursday’s terrorist attack in Afghanistan has come into sharper focus with the Department of Defense confirming on Saturday the identities of all 13 U.S. service members who were killed.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Kabul airport gate where U.S. troops were searching evacuees rushing to depart the country.

At least 18 other troops were wounded in the bombing that killed at least 170 people and the 13 U.S. service members. The attack was the single deadliest enemy strike against U.S. forces in Afghanistan since August 2011, when militants shot down a Chinook helicopter, killing 30 U. S. troops on board.

…Names below…

• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20, Jackson, Wyo.
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20, of Wentzville, Mo.
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Tex.
• Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio
• Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, Calif.
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif.
• Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, 31, of Utah
• Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page, 23, of Omaha
• Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, 23, of Knoxville, Tenn.
• Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario, 25, Lawrence, Mass.
• Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, Logansport, Ind.
• Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23, of Roseville, Calif.
• Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

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Source: The 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul airport attack – The Washington Post