Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Maxton Soviak

Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Maxton William Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, was assigned to 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, at Camp Pendleton, California. He was killed on August 26, 2021, when an ISIS-K suicide bomber attacked Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was serving as a corpsman with the Marines during the evacuation of civilians under Operation Allies Refuge.

HM3 Soviak graduated from Edison High School 2017. He captained his football team, competed on a state-championship wrestling team, attained the rank of Life Scout and participated in competitive rifle shooting. He enlisted in the Navy on September 26, 2017. His assignments included corpsman training in San Antonio, service at a naval medical command in Guam and field medical training at Camp Pendleton.

His family remembered HM3 as loyal, strong, independent and adventurous—with a beautiful smile and contagious laugh. His sister Marilyn described him as intelligent, charming and someone who marched to his own beat.

HM3 Soviak was survived by his parents and 12 siblings.