Leandro Verì

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.

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.

At night, searching with his station commander for an unknown man, who, armed with a war rifle and bayonet, had threatened the life of a security guard, he found himself isolated due to the needs of the service itself.

Despite the incessant loss of blood, he fired more shots of his pistol at him, reached him and engaged in a new violent struggle, until, exhausted, he fell along with the opponent who, still able to react, tried to hit him with the bayonet he had at hand.