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PHOTOS: Thousands pay their respects for fallen hero Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak killed in Kabul

On Wednesday, thousands of community members and first responders lined the streets and highway overpasses, holding signs and hanging the American flag as the remains of Northeast Ohio native Maxton Soviak traveled from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to his small town of Berlin Heights, in Erie County. Soviak, a 22-year-old sailor assigned to the 1st Marine Regiment, was one of 13 service members killed in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26. He was a son, a brother and a friend to many, and the community showed up to honor a local hero who made the ultimate sacrifice.

1000w_q75.jpeg An honor detail of U.S. Navy Sailors renders honors while receiving the remains of Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Maxton W. Soviak, a Berlin Heights, Ohio native, at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Sept. 8, 2021. Soviak, who was killed Aug. 26 during an attack at the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan while supporting Operation Allies Refuge, was awarded the Purple Heart and Fleet Marine Force Corpsman warfare badge for his brave service while deployed to Afghanistan with 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. Photo by: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Maddelin Hamm Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 1.29.54 PM.png Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.Photo by: News 5 Cleveland. Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 1.34.14 PM.png Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.Photo by: News 5 Cleveland. Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 1.35.34 PM.png Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.Photo by: News 5 Cleveland. Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 1.30.18 PM.png Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.Photo by: News 5 Cleveland. Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 11.59.14 AM.png Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.Photo by: News 5 Cleveland. 241290430_1990853197745759_3946807102907327507_n.jpeg Elyria Township Firefighters on board Engine 117 and Medic 116 on the Murray Ridge Road overpass to honor fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.Photo by: Elyria Township Fire Department. Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 1.31.06 PM.png Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.Photo by: News 5 Cleveland. 241562293_1990853274412418_6146855487955827388_n.jpeg Elyria Township Firefighters on board Engine 117 and Medic 116 on the Murray Ridge Road overpass to honor fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.Photo by: Elyria Township Fire Department. 241471192_1990850407746038_924292229376342753_n.jpeg Elyria Township Firefighters on board Engine 117 and Medic 116 on the Murray Ridge Road overpass to honor fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.Photo by: Elyria Township Fire Department. 241397878_1990853244412421_1296555183987306059_n.jpeg Elyria Township Firefighters on board Engine 117 and Medic 116 on the Murray Ridge Road overpass to honor fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.Photo by: Elyria Township Fire Department. vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h08m29s674.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h08m43s148.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h08m47s010.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h09m06s603.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h09m16s064.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h09m34s169.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h09m47s810.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h09m57s680.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h10m10s400.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h10m17s384.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h10m27s409.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h10m37s677.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 Screen Shot 2021-09-08 at 2.02.26 PM.png The Navy Honor Guard carrying fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak's casket into a Berlin Heights funeral home.Photo by: DaLaun Dillard | News 5 Cleveland. vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h10m43s783.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5 vlcsnap-2021-09-08-16h11m04s105.png Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.Photo by: News 5

PHOTOS: Thousands pay their respects for fallen hero Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak killed in Kabul

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An honor detail of U.S. Navy Sailors renders honors while receiving the remains of Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Maxton W. Soviak, a Berlin Heights, Ohio native, at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Sept. 8, 2021. Soviak, who was killed Aug. 26 during an attack at the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan while supporting Operation Allies Refuge, was awarded the Purple Heart and Fleet Marine Force Corpsman warfare badge for his brave service while deployed to Afghanistan with 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Maddelin Hamm
Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.News 5 Cleveland.
Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.News 5 Cleveland.
Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.News 5 Cleveland.
Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.News 5 Cleveland.
Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.News 5 Cleveland.
Elyria Township Firefighters on board Engine 117 and Medic 116 on the Murray Ridge Road overpass to honor fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.Elyria Township Fire Department.
Aerial views of the procession held for Navy corpsman Maxton Soviak, who was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021.News 5 Cleveland.
Elyria Township Firefighters on board Engine 117 and Medic 116 on the Murray Ridge Road overpass to honor fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.Elyria Township Fire Department.
Elyria Township Firefighters on board Engine 117 and Medic 116 on the Murray Ridge Road overpass to honor fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.Elyria Township Fire Department.
Elyria Township Firefighters on board Engine 117 and Medic 116 on the Murray Ridge Road overpass to honor fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.Elyria Township Fire Department.
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
The Navy Honor Guard carrying fallen U.S. Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak's casket into a Berlin Heights funeral home.DaLaun Dillard | News 5 Cleveland.
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
Images from Morman-Hinman-Tanner Funeral Home, where the public procession for Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak concluded.News 5
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