Leandro Verì Explained

Leandro Verì
Birth Date:10 November 1903
Birth Place:San Vito Chietino (Chieti)
Death Place:Laigueglia (Savona)
Allegiance:Kingdom of Italy
Branch:Arma dei Carabinieri
Branch Label:Service
Serviceyears:1923 – 1938
Rank:Appuntato
Awards:Gold Medal of Military Valour (posthumous)

Leandro Verì (San Vito Chietino, 10 November 1903 – Laigueglia, 13 December 1938) was an Italian carabiniere.

Biography

Born in San Vito Chietino, Chieti, on 10 November 1903, Verì attended the carabiniere student walking course at the Rome school from April to September 1923. Appointed carabiniere, he was assigned to the Legion of Chieti. In December 1926 he moved to that of Treviso and the following year to that of Padua, from which he was transferred, in May 1930, to the Legion of Rome. Moved in December 1931 to the Legion of Genoa, Nervi's company, six years later he was promoted to the rank of appuntato and sent to the Alassio station.

Verì died on 13 December 1938, while serving in Laigueglia, Savona, after being mortally wounded during a nighttime firefight with a dangerous criminal. For this operation, he was decorated posthumously with the Gold Medal of Military Valour by a decree of 18 August 1939.

Memorials

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Torino: il Sottosegretario Crosetto presenzia alla cerimonia di Giuramento degli Allievi Carabinieri del 124º Corso Verì . . Turin: Undersecretary Crosetto attends the swearing-in ceremony of the Carabinieri students of the 124th Verì Course . it . Ministero della Difesa.