Related: Ballad of the Green Beret
"Green Beret killed in Afghan war mourned" by Maria Cramer, Globe Staff | November 26, 2009
Matthew Pucino’s interest in the military grew after 9/11.
Staff Sergeant Matthew Pucino had gone through at least three tours of duty in Iraq and most recently in Afghanistan, survived bombing raids, earning a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for bravery in the field.
Despite the recent spike in violence that has taken the lives of dozens of civilians and servicemen and women in Afghanistan, Pucino’s friends and relatives felt confident they would see him again. He was scheduled to come back home in January.
And it is just going to get worse (as the MSM censors it)!!!
Obama is sending 35,000 more!
But on Monday, 34-year-old Pucino was patrolling in the area of Pashay Kala when the all-terrain vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. Pucino, a Green Beret who grew up in Plymouth and had served in the Army since 2002, was killed....
Yesterday, as his two sisters and parents waited at a Delaware military base for his body to arrive, friends and relatives in Massachusetts mourned the loss of an athletic, generous man with a sly sense of humor and a love of pranks that belied his powerful frame....
Around the time of the Sept. 11 attacks, Pucino was working as a manager of a liquor store in Dennis and attending classes at Cape Cod Community College....
After the attacks, Pucino’s interest in the military grew into a near obsession....
Another victim claimed by the lie.
He became a Special Forces engineer sergeant and an intelligence sergeant. He was awarded several accolades including the Army Commendation Medal and the Army Good Conduct Medal....
Pucino was the second soldier with ties to Plymouth killed in Afghanistan this month. Army Sergeant Benjamin Sherman, 21, was killed when he jumped into a river in Afghanistan to save a soldier who had been swept away....
