Italian PK-PSO Fatalities

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In remembering them, here we honour these women and men who gave their lifes
accomplishing their duty in the service of their Country,  peace and freedom.
 Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

 

Date

Names

Location

Causes

01 Aug. 1952

Mar. Magg. (CC) Flavio Salacone
Car. Luciano Fosci

Chisimaio (Somalia)

Killed (ambush)

14 Feb. 1961  

Cap. pil. Sergio Celli
Ten. pil. Mario Giorgi
1° Av. mot. Italo Quattrini

Skies of Congo *

Air crash

11 Nov. 1961  

Magg. pil. Amedeo Parmeggiani
Cap. pil. Giorgio Gonelli
Ten. pil. Onorio De Luca
Ten. med. Francesco Paolo Remotti
S.Ten. pil. Giulio Garbati
M.llo mot. Filippo Di Giovanni
M.llo mot. Nazareno Quadrumani
Serg.Magg. mont. Silvestro Possenti
Serg.Magg. mot. Nicola Stigliani
Serg. e.m.b. Armando Fabi
Serg. e.m.b. Martino Marcacci
Serg. marcon. Francesco Paga
Serg. marcon. Antonio Mamone

Kindu (Congo)

Tortured and
Killed

17 Nov. 1961  

Cap. pil. Elio Nisi
M.llo pil.Giovanni De Risi
M.llo mot. Tommaso Fondi
M.llo marcon. Giuseppe Saglimbeni

Skies of Congo

Air crash

06 Oct. 1973  

Cap. Carlo Olivieri  

Sinai (Egypt)

Killed (mine)

15 Mar. 1983  

Mar. Filippo Montesi  

Beirut (Lebanon)

Fire Conflict

13 Feb. 1991  

Mar. Cosimo Carlino  

Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Killed (when ashore)

07 Jan. 1992  

Ten.Col. Enzo Venturini
M.llo Capo Silvano Natale
M.llo Capo Fiorenzo Ramacci
Serg.Magg. Marco Matta

Skies of Croatia

Helicopter hit by
Federal Yugoslav Mig

03 Sept. 1992  

Magg. pil. Marco Betti
Ten. pil. Marco Rigliaco
M.llo Giuseppe Buttaglieri
M.llo Giuliano Velardi

Skies of Bosnia

Airplane hit by SAM
approaching
Sarajevo Airport

16 Dec. 1992  

2°Capo. Nicola Fele  

Adriatic Sea

Lost at sea

13 May 1993  

Par. Giovanni Strambelli  

Mogadiscio (Somalia)

Weapon accident

02 Jul. 1993  

S.Ten. Andrea Millevoi
Serg.Magg. Stefano Paolicchi
Par. Pasquale Baccaro

Mogadiscio (Somalia)

Fire Conflict

03 Aug. 1993  

Par. Jonathan Mancinelli  

Mogadiscio (Somalia)

Weapon accident

15 Sept. 1993  

C.le Giorgio Righetti
C.le Rossano Visioli

Mogadiscio   (Somalia)

Fire Conflict

31 Oct. 1993  

Serg. Magg. Roberto Cuomo  

Rome (from Somalia)

Disease

12 Nov. 1993  

M.llo Capo Vincenzo Licausi  

Mogadiscio   (Somalia)

Fire Conflict

25 Nov. 1993  

Ten. Fabio Montagna
Serg.Magg. Salvatore Stabile

Skies of Mozambique

Air crash

09 Dec. 1993  

Sorella Maria Cristina Luinetti  

Mogadiscio (Somalia)

Killed

30 Dec. 1993  

Cav. Tommaso Carrozza  

Road Afgoye-Balad (Somalia)

Road accident

06 Feb. 1994  

Ten. Giulio Ruzzi  

Balad (Somalia)

Fire Conflict

30 Jun. 1994  

Serg.Magg. Marco di Sarra  

Livorno (from Rwanda)

Disease

28 Oct. 1995

TV (CP) Roberto Aringhieri

Adriatic Sea

Accident

27 Dec. 1995  

Magg. (CC) Ermanno Fenoglietti  

Mostar (BiH)

Road Accident

24 Jan. 1996  

C.M. Gerardo Antonucci  

Sarajevo (BiH)

Explosive Accident

04 Mar. 1997  

C.M. Carmine Corza  

Road Split - Ploce (BiH)

Road Accident

09 Jul. 1997  

Alp. Diego Vaira  

Valona (Albania)

Explosive Accident

06 Aug. 1997  

Cap. Antonio Sgro'
Ten. Giuseppe Parisi
M.llo Capo Massimo Gatti
App. (CC) Daniele Forner

Skies of Lebanon

Air crash

09 Feb. 1998  

STV Lorenzo Lazzareschi  

San Nicola (Albania)

Sea accident

21 Aug. 1998  

T.Col. Carmine Calo'  

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Killed (ambush)

03 Jun. 1999  

M.llo (CC) Marcello Galloni
Car. Angelo Foccia

Zvornik (BiH)

Road Accident

24 Jun. 1999  

C.M. Pasquale Dragano  

Djakovica (FYR)

Weapon Accident

02 Apr. 2000 

Sol. Samuele Utzeri

Pec (FYR)

Weapon Accident

02 Aug. 2000

C.M. Luigi Nardone

Decani (FYR)

Weapon Accident

10 Aug. 2001

C.M. Giuseppe Fioretti
C.M. Paolo Nigro

Morines (FYR)

Flight Accident

12 Nov. 2001

Bers. Alessandro Giardina

Pioltello (Italy) from Somalia

Weapon Accident**

09 May 2002

Cap. Stefano Rogge

Tetovo (FYROM)

Mine Accident

14 March 2003

C.M. Andrea Muscella

Butmir (BiH)

Weapon Accident

12 Nov. 2003

Ten. Massimiliano Ficuciello
Luog. (CC) Enzo Fregosi
Aiut. (CC) Giovanni Cavallaro
Aiut. (CC) Alfonso Trincone
Aiut. (CC) Filippo Merlino
M.llo Capo (CC) Alfio Ragazzi
M.llo Capo (CC) Massimiliano Bruno
M.llo Ord. (CC) Daniele Ghione
M.llo Ord. Silvio Olla
V.Brig. (CC) Giuseppe Coletta
V.Brig. (CC) Ivan Ghitti
App. (CC) Domenico Intravaia
Car.Sc. (CC) Horatio Maiorana
Car.Sc. (CC) Andrea Filippa
C.M. Emanuele Ferraro
C.le Alessandro Carrisi
C.le Pietro Petrucci

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Terrorist Attack

21 Nov. 2003

Sovrintendente Capo (PS) Francesco Nijutta.

Sarajevo (BiH)

Road Accident

17 May 2004

C.M. Matteo Vanzan

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Fire Conflict

05 Jul. 2004

C.M. Antonio Tarantino

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Road Accident

03 Oct. 2004

C.M. Giovanni Bruno

Sorobi (Afghanistan)

Road Accident

21 Jan. 2005

M.llo Ord. Simone Cola

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Fire Conflict

03 Feb. 2005

CF Bruno Vianini

Skies of Afghanistan
near Bad-e Ghazi

Air Crash

04 Mar. 2005

Dr. Nicola Calipari

Baghdad (Iraq)

Blue on Blue

15 Mar. 2005

Serg. Salvatore Domenico Marracino

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Weapon Accident

31 May 2005

Ten. Col. Giuseppe Lima
Cap. Marco Briganti
M.llo Capo Massimiliano Biondini
M.llo Ord. Marco Cirillo

Skies of Iraq, near Nassiriya

Flight Accident

14 Jul. 2005

Serg. Davide Casagrande

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Road Accident

11 Oct. 2005

C.M. Michele Sanfilippo

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Weapon Accident

17 Nov. 2005  

M.llo Capo (CC) Antonino Aiello

Road Sarajevo-Mostar (BiH)

Road Accident

27 Apr. 2006  

Cap. Nicola Ciardelli
M.llo Capo (CC) Franco Lattanzio
M.llo Capo (CC) Carlo De Trizio

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Terrorist Attack

05 May 2006  

Ten. Manuel Fiorito
M.llo Ord. Luca Polsinelli  

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack

07 May 2006  

M.llo Aiut. (CC) Enrico Frassanito

Verona (Italy) from Nassiriya (Iraq)

Terrorist Attack of 27 April 2006

5 Jun. 2006  

1° C.M. Alessandro Pibiri

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Terrorist Attack

20 Sept. 2006

C.M. Giuseppe Orlando

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Road Accident

21 Sept. 2006

C.M.Sc. Massimo Vitaliano

Nassiriya (Iraq)

Road Accident

26 Sept. 2006

C.M.C. Giorgio Langella

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack

30 Sept. 2006

1° C.M. Vincenzo Cardella

Rome from Kabul (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack of 26 September 2006

4 Oct. 2007

M.llo Capo Lorenzo D'Auria

Rome from Afghanistan

Kidnapped/ Wounded in fire conflict of 24 September 2007

24 Nov. 2007

M.llo Capo Daniele Paladini

Pagaman (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack

13 Feb. 2008

1° M.llo Giovanni Pezzulo

Rudbar - Sorobi (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack

14 Jul. 2009

1° C.M. Alessandro Di Lisio

Farah (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
17 Sept. 2009 Ten. Antonio Fortunato
Serg.Magg. Roberto Valente
1° C.M. Davide Ricchiuto
1° C.M. Gian Domenico Pistonami
C.M.Sc. Massimiliano Randino
C.M. Matteo Mureddu

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
15 Oct. 2009 C.M. Rosario Ponziano

Herat (Afghanistan)

Road Accident
31 Dec. 2009 STV Mauro Ricci 

Sharm el Sheik (MFO-Egypt)

Road Accident
26 Feb 2010 Dr. Pietro Antonio Colazzo

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
17 May 2010 Serg. Massimiliano Ramadù
C.M. Luigi Pascazio

Road from Herat to Bala Murghab (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
23 June 2010 C.M.S Francesco Saverio Positano

Road to Shindand (Afghanistan)

Accident
25 July 2010 Cap. Marco Callegaro

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Suicide
28 July 2010 1° M.llo Mauro Gigli
C.M.C. Pierdavide De Cillis

Herat (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
17 Sept 2010 Ten. Alessandro Romani

Farah Province (Afghanistan)

Fire conflict
09 Oct 2010 1° C.M. Gianmarco Manca
1° C.M. Francesco Vannozzi
1° C.M. Sebastiano Ville
C.M. Marco Pedone

Gulistan Valley (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
31 Dec 2010 C.M. Matteo Miotto

Gulistan Valley (Afghanistan)

Fire conflict
18 Gen 2011 C.M.S. Luca Sanna

Bala Murghab (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
28 Feb 2011 Ten. Massimo Ranzani

Shindand (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
4 Jun 2011 Ten.Col. (CC) Cristiano Congiu

Panshir Valley (Afghanistan)

Criminal Act
2 Jul 2011 1° C.M.S. Gaetano Tuccillo

Bakwa (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
12 Jul 2011 1° C.M. Roberto Marchini

Bakwa (Afghanistan)

Terrorist Attack
25 Jul 2011 1° C.M. David Tobini

Murghab Valley (Afghanistan)

Fire conflict
23 Sept 2011 Ten. Riccardo Bucci
C.M.S. Mario Frasca
C.M. Massimo Di Legge

Herat (Afghanistan)

Road Accident

Notes:
*During ONUC Op. M.llo Lampori died for heart attack (Sept. 1960) and Italian Red Cross volunteer Raffaele Soru was killed in Albertville on 25 Sept. 1961
**Bers. Alessandro Giardina died by the wounds occurred during Mission in Somalia after 7 years of wheel chair and sufferings. A judicial trial is pending now.
Other Notes:
- Serg. Daniele D'Amicis died from a brain aneurysm on 21June 2004 on Saseno Island, Albania.
- Ten. Col. Carlo Liguori died for heart attack (02 July 2006) in Herat, Afghanistan, during the PRT mission (NATO).
- CM Alessandro Caroppo died for heart attack (21 Sept. 2008) in Herat, Afghanistan.
- M.llo 1a Cl. Arnaldo Forcucci died for heart attack (15 Jan. 2009) in Herat, Afghanistan.
- 1° M.llo Concetto Gaetano Battaglia died for natural causes (18 Feb. 2011) in Decane, Kosovo.
- Some internet sources report Colonel Roberto Petrucci died on 23 Apr. 1997 in Mostar, Bosnia. We cannot confirm this casualty.

Italian Civilians Killed in UN/ International or Multinational Forces Operations

We also remember here the death of Italian volunteers Sergio Lana, Fabio Moreni, Guido Puletti (29 May 1993, Vakuf - BiH), Gabriele Moreno Locatelli (3 Oct. 1993, Sarajevo - BiH), Renato Ricciardi, (23 Jul.1998, Burundi), and of journalists Marco Luchetta, Alessandro Ota e Dario D'Angelo (28 Jan. 1994, Mostar - BiH), Ilaria Alpi e Miran Hrovatin (20 Mar. 1994, Mogadiscio - Somalia) and Marcello Palmisano (9 Feb. 1995, Mogadiscio - Somalia), deaths occurred in  zone of UN operations.
In the Kfor area of operations, on 12 Nov. 1999, the Italian volunteers and Intl' Organization officers Roberto Bazzoni, Paola Biocca, Velmore Davoli, Antonio Gavino, Raffaella Liuzzi, Paola Sarro, Laura Scotti, Antonio Sircana, Carlo Zecchi and the civil aircraft crew Andrea Maccaferro, Antonio Canzolino, Katia Piazza lost their life in an air crash accident.
The journalist Maria Grazia Cutuli was killed in Afghanistan on 19 nov. 2001, during the Operation Enduring Freedom.
Dr Stefano Rolla (filmaker) and mr Marco Beci (Italian Cooperation) lost their life in the Nassiriya attack on 12 Nov. 2003.
Mr Fabrizio Quattrocchi, private security guard, was kidnapped and killed in Iraq by terrorists on 14 Apr. 2004.
Mr Enzo G. Baldoni, freelance journalist, was kidnapped and killed in Iraq on 26 Aug. 2004.
The Iraqi/Italian businessman Ayad Anwar Wali has been kidnapped on 31 Aug. and he is supposed to have been killed on 2 Oct. 2004.
A British/Italian contractor, Salvatore Santoro, was killed in doubtful circumstances in Ramadi (Iraq) on 16 Dec. 2004.
Two NGO's officers lost their life in air crash accident 30 km SE of Kabul (ISAF ops area), on 3 Feb. 2005. Their names were not released.

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