Army Sgt. Mark A. Stone
Death: Apr 28, 2008
of Buchanan Dam Texas; assigned to the 94th Brigade Support Battalion 4th Brigade Combat Team 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Fort Polk La.; Died April 28 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his forward operating base with indirect fire. Also killed were Pfc. Adam L. Marion and Sgt. Marcus C. Mathes. Army Sgt. Mark A. Stone remembered The Associated Press As a teen Mark A. Stone wanted a swimming pool in the backyard. His family couldn’t afford it — Stone’s mother had Died a few years earlier and a back injury kept his father Don out of work. So Stone began to dig. Two years later four feet down he hit rock. Even if the pool was just a dream he grabbed a pick ax anyway just to try. Stone22 of Buchanan Dam Texas was killed April 28 in Baghdad of wounds from indirect fire. He was assigned to Fort Polk and had served a year in Afghanistan. “I’m proud of my brother” said his brother Jason Stone. “He Died for his country. I’m sure all his friends and family are going to miss him.” He loved tinkering with his truck and was known to listen quietly with a somber expression. “He chose his words wisely” said Zane Lewis Stone’s best friend. “He would never talk just to talk.” Lewis described Stone as the guy who once helped him without a word of complaint unload an entire truckload of printers for Lewis’ family business. It’s the kind of thing Stone was always willing to do Lewis said seemingly just for the chance to hang out.Operation Iraqi freedom