SGT Mark R. Vecchione
B 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. Saddly, that device ended Mark’s life.