Company, 1-37 Armor

Born: 11 Jan 1981 in Hyannis, Massachusetts

Killed in Action: 18 July 2006 (aged 25) in Ramadi, Iraq

Buried:  Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, Massachusetts

 

SGT Mark R. Vecchione, B/1-37 AR, was killed in action on “Sunset Street,” a dusty residential street between Combat Outposts Falcon and Iron in Ramadi, Iraq.  Mark’s tank struck an IED which caused a fuel leak and thereafter a fire. Unable to extinguish the fire, Mark ordered his crew to evacuate the vehicle, but as he dismounted triggered a second IED.  Sadly, that device ended Mark’s life.