Mark Evnin was remembered April 14, 2003 as a proud Marine, as a loving son, grandson and cousin, as a caring and principled young man.
Cpl. Evnin was honored and buried April 14, 11 days after he was killed in combat near Kut, Iraq.
More than 1,000 people attended his funeral at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue in Burlington. A procession of about 70 cars and four buses wound its way to the burial at Hebrew Holy Society Cemetery in South Burlington. Read more...
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Mourners pray for Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin during services in his honor at Ohavi Zedek synagogue in Burlington Monday. Glenn Russell, Photographer
Rabbi Max Wall, grandfather of Cpl. Evnin, speaks about his grandson during Monday's funeral service. Glenn Russell, Photographer
Rabbi Joshua Chasen speaks during memorial services at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue. Glenn Russell, Photographer
Teacher Tim Comolli remembers Cpl. Evnin during services Monday at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue in Burlington. Glenn Russell, Photographer
Mindy Evnin places her hand on the hearse containing her son, Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin, after memorial services for him Monday at Ohavi Zedek synagogue in Burlington. Evnin, 21, was killed in combat April 3 near Kut, Iraq. Glenn Russell, Photographer
South Burlington firefighters attach an American flag to the top of their ladder truck outside their fire station on Dorset Street Monday morning in preparation for the passing of Mark Evnin's funeral procession. Peter Huoppi, Photographer
South Burlington High School students line Dorset Street in front of a sign honoring Mark Evnin as they wait for Evnin's funeral procession to pass on Monday. Peter Huoppi, Photographer
South Burlington High School students, faculty and staff silently line the side of Dorset Street in front of the high school as Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin's funeral procession drives
past Monday. Evnin was a 2000 graduate of the high school. Peter Huoppi, Photographer
South Burlington High School students Jessica Thompson, (from left) Sarah Riehle, Aline Jezwinski, Ashley Dutra, Jennifer Rehm and Jen Hynes watch as Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin's funeral procession passes the school on Dorset Street. Evnin, a 2000 SBHS graduate, was killed in combat April 3 near Kut, Iraq. Peter Huoppi, Photographer
Ian MacKenzie, (left) a senior at South Burlington High School, and Nancy Lavarnway, director of South Burlington High School's Career Development Center, hold a United States Marine Corps flag as Mark Evnin's funeral procession drives past on Dorset Street on Monday. Peter Huoppi, Photographer
Michael and Mindy Evnin watch as a Marine Corps honor guard folds the flag that draped the casket holding their son Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin at his funeral Monday in South Burlington. Glenn Russell, Photographer
Mourners surround the Hebrew Holy Society Cemetery in South Burlington on Monday for Cpl. Evnin's funeral. Glenn Russell, Photographer
Cpl. Evnin's girlfriend, Megan Boggia, and his mother, Mindy Evnin, look on as U.S. Marines fold the American flag that adorned Evnin's casket. Raj Chawla, Photographer
Donna Decker of Shelburne (center) and her children Deanna, 11, and Jonathan, 13, look on during Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin's burial services Monday in South Burlington. Glenn Russell, Photographer
As the American flag adorning the casket of Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin is folded, his mother Mindy Evnin, (from left) his uncle Rick Antonoff, girlfriend Megan Boggia and cousin Rachel Antonoff stand by his grave at the Hebew Holy Society Cemetary in South Burlington on Monday. Raj Chawla, Photographer
South Burlington resident Dan LeClair holds his hat over his heart while watching the burial of Mark Evnin from across the street on Monday afternoon. Peter Huoppi, Photographer
A Marine honor guard stands at attention on the edge of the Hebrew Holy Society Cemetery in South Burlington during the burial of Mark Evnin on Monday afternoon. Peter Huoppi, Photographer
Tech. Sgt. Darryl LaBrie of the Vermont Air National Guard blows "Taps" at the end of Marine Cpl. Mark Envin's funeral Monday in South Burlington. Glenn Russell, Photographer
Retired army Capt. Frank R. Leary Jr., of South Burlington, listens to the burial ceremony for Marine Cpl. Mark Evnin at the Hebrew Holy Society Cemetery in South Burlington on Monday. Raj Chawla, Photographer
Michael and Mindy Evnin buried their son, Marine Cpl. mark Evnin, in the Hebrew Holy Society Cemetery in South Burlington on Monday. Raj Chawla, Photographer
