Life Lost Too Soon: Navy Corpsman from Ohio Killed in Afghanistan Attack August 26, 2021

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Navy Corpsman Maxton “Max” W. Soviak, HM3 (22 years old) of Berlin Heights, Ohio, was one of the 13 U.S. service members killed while supporting non-combatant evacuation operation in Kabul, Afghanistan. Max was advanced to the rank of Hospital Corpsman Third Class “as a result of his brave actions in support of fellow service members,” according to a Navy statement. He was also posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Fleet Marine Force Corpsman warfare badge.