Funeral Service Held in Covina for Marine Killed in Afghanistan

A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Merola was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jason Minto/U.S. Air Force via Getty Images

COVINA, Calif.—A public funeral service was held at Forest Lawn Covina Hills Sept. 26 for Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, who was among 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

Merola’s flag-draped casket was brought to the platform beneath the cemetery’s Great Mausoleum by a Marine honor guard, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported.