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As military personnel were going through the grim task of notifying the troops' next of kin, some of their names emerged Friday before the government formally announced them.
Rylee McCollum, a US Marine from Wyoming, was among the 13 American service members killed in the horrific suicide bombing at the Kabul airport. His family said his wife is expected to give birth to their baby in just three weeks.
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