Italian Army Sergeant Michele Silvestri killed in mortar attack
33-year-old Italian Army Sergeant Michele
Silvestri, serving with the 21st Engineer Regiment, was killed in action
on Saturday 24th March 2012 when his unit came under mortar fire in the
Gulistan district of Farah province.
Five other soldiers were wounded
in the attack.
Sgt. Silvestri was born in Naples and
lived in Monte di Procida.
He was married with an 8-year-old child.
He
joined the Army in 1997 and had deployed several times to Afghanistan,
Iraq and Kosovo. He had been in Afghanistan just ten days into a
six-month tour.
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Ministero Della Difesa:
Nell’attentato sono rimasti feriti altri cinque militari, subito soccorsi e trasferiti all’ospedale americano di Delaram.
La salma del Sergente Silvestri rientrerĆ questa mattina, alle 11, all’eroporto di Ciampino.
Camera ardente al Policlinico Militare "Celio" dalle ore 16 alle ore 17.
Le esequie solenni si terranno alle ore 18 nella Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, a Roma.
http://www.difesa.it/Primo_Piano/Pagine/Afghanistan_ucciso_Silvestri.aspx
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