
Mark Evnin, 21, a Marine corporal from South Burlington, was killed April 3 in combat in Iraq.
He was a scout and sniper with the 1st Marine Division, and had shipped to Kuwait in February.
His mother, Mindy Evnin, said he died at 1 p.m. Iraq time after a firefight. She had no details of the fight other than that two other Marines were with him when he was shot in the abdomen.
She learned of his death when three Marines in dress blues came to her house Thursday evening, April 3.
“One of them came back today,’’ she said the next afternoon, ‘‘and they will help with the funeral arrangements.’’
“I want him...