U.S. Senate Passes Rep. Calvert Bill Honoring Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui

Today, Congressman Ken Calvert announced that the United States Senate has passed his legislation, H.R. 5809, to name the Norco Post Office in honor of Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui. Lance Corporal Nikoui, a Norco resident, was killed during the August 26, 2021, Kabul terror attack while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. The bill will officially designate the U.S. Post Office located at 1801 Town and Country Drive as the Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui Memorial Post Office. The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 12, 2022 and will now head to the White House for the President's signature.

"The United States Congress has now acted to honor and recognize the extraordinary sacrifice of Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui," said Rep. Calvert. "Lance Corporal Nikoui has been gone for more than a year now, but we still remember, we still grieve, and we still celebrate the incredible impact he made. With the Norco Post Office named in his honor, we will forever pay tribute to a true Norco hero. I appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, in both the House and Senate, supporting my legislation and look forward to it becoming law in the coming days."

After graduating from Norco High School in 2019, Lance Corporal Nikoui joined the Marine Corps where he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines unit stationed at Camp Pendleton. As a member of that unit, Lance Corporal Nikoui was deployed to Afghanistan where he participated in Operation Allies Refuge to evacuate U.S. citizens, American allies, Afghan partners and others at-risk. While serving at the Kabul airport's Abbey Gate, Lance Corporal Nikoui was one of 13 American servicemembers killed when an ISIS-K terrorist detonated a suicide bomb.

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