They marched for Marine Lance Cpl. Travis R. Desiato, Army Sgt. Daniel J. Londono and Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brian J. Ouellette.

They marched for the more than 120 soldiers with Massachusetts ties who could not, including Army Pfc. Clinton E. Springer II, a 21-year-old Bourne native who became the latest Massachusetts casualty in Iraq or Afghanistan when he died in Kabul earlier this week.

"He was a true New Englander," Lt. Gov. Tim Murray said of Springer, who also lived in New Hampshire and Maine.

Murray spoke at the start of the Battle Road Memorial March Saturday morning on the Battle Green.

About 100 people, including U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, state Rep. Harold Naughton Jr. (D-Clinton), Miss Massachusetts Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, Gold Star Families, veterans and current soldiers, came out to show their support for the one-time Massachusetts residents who made the ultimate sacrifice during Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom.

After a short ceremony, the soldiers carried bricks with the names of their fallen compatriots from the Battle Green, along the historic Battle Road at Minute Man National Historical Park, to the Old North Bridge in Concord. The seven-mile trek was meant to link the American Revolutionary War and present military operations.

Naughton, a captain in the Army Reserves, helped organize the event. He said the greatest gift that you can give those who have perished is to remember their sacrifices.

"We need to live it every day and never forget," he told those in attendance.

An Iraq veteran, Naughton serves as the House Chairman of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs.

The march was organized by the Army's Third Legal Support Organization and Col. Lee Cummings.

Rev. Robert Bacon read the names of the fallen soldiers at the end of the ceremony. After the march, a reception was held at St. Nicholas Church on Meriam Street.