Commemorative ceremony of the 1 ° cm Francesco Vannozzi

14/10/14

On 9 October a ceremony was held in Vico Pisano (PI) in memory of the 1 ° caporal major Francesco Vannozzi who fell on a mission in Afghanistan in 2010 due to a terrorist attack.

The 1st corporal under the 7th Alpine regiment was hit by enemy fire while his team was carrying out a dangerous patrol action.

The local authorities, General Giuseppe Adami, deputy commander of the military geographic institute, as the highest military authority present, a representative of comrades of the 7 Alpine Regiment, as well as the entire local community, gathered around Father Nilo and his mother Lia.

After the celebration of the Mass in suffrage in the church of San Giovanni alla Vena, those present went to the municipal cemetery for a moment of prayer at the tomb of the soldier.

In the circumstance the mayor of Vico Pisano, dr. Taglioli, and General Adami have laid a wreath of flowers.

Source: Military Command of the Capital