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Birth:          5 Jan 1895 Santa Lucia di Serino, Italy
Death:          11 Jun 1945 near Seligenstad, Germany
Burial:         Frankfurt, Germany

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fb post 01 Nov 2021 by Ottaviano De Biase
Nov 1-2... lest we forget
Fiano Francesco, soldier of two wars.
He was born in Santa Lucia di Serino on January 5, 1895, to Salvatore and Maria 
Giuseppa Romeo.
First-class soldier, discharged from leverage on November 28, 1914. A few months 
later, he is called to arms and assigned to the 12th Bersaglieri Regiment. Coming to 
Carso, a territory declared in a state of war, on June 13, 1915 he lost track and then 
officially accused of desertion, as he leaves his department to pass, we read and 
transcribe, '' ignominiously to the enemy ".
This thing that wants Fiano to pass to the enemy has never convinced me. 
Unfortunately, the facts say this: Judged by the military court of war by the 12th 
Corps, on January 19, 1918 he is sentenced to death penalty with the means of 
shooting in his back, after degradation and expenses Proceedings against family 
members. The conviction of firing squad was not carried out because it was 
contaminated. This also explains why his name doesn't appear on the cippo of the 
fallen sites in the square of Santa Lucia di Serino.
We were at war and so for obvious reasons, on the fate of this soldier, we preferred to 
lay a veil of silence. They continued to be silent even after a 1919 law which 
condoned and rehabilitated all the soldiers stained with a conviction, including the 
death one.
In June 1926, the breakthrough. Saint Lucy's vicar Don Antonio Pelosi received a 
brief written note communicating the marriage between Fiano and Maria Lutringor 
(born in Willer a small town to the south-east of France) celebrated on the previous 
May 29, 1926 at St. Mary's Parish of Mulhouse. Having recovered this marriage 
certificate, consulted the ongoing correspondence between the parish priest and the 
mayor of that township, we have reason to believe that the news of the marriage 
happened was deliberately subtracted. Why is that?
Let's summarize. During World War I, soldier Francesco Fiano abandoned his 
teammates and deserted to repair a tiny village to the southwest of France where he 
marries the lordship Maria Lutringor. The mayor of the village (we contacted even by 
phone), denied us any form of collaboration. For what reason? Are there any children 
who want to keep this under control? Mystery! The only certain fact is that Fiano, 
being an Italian citizen, was taken prisoner on the Hesse front on September 8, 1943 
(what was Fiano doing on the Hesse front? Another mystery! ) and interned in a camp 
near Seligenstad, Germany, where he died on June 11, 1945.
Today his bones rest in the Italian military cemetery of honor in Frankfurt am Main. 
Grave Location: Box F, row 4, grave 2.

Parents
FIANO Salvatore Donato Gaetano (6 Aug 1868 - 12 Feb 1914)
ROMEO Maria Giuseppa (8 May 1867 - )

Siblings
FIANO Francesco (5 Jan 1895 - 11 Jun 1945)

Marriage To LUTRINGOR Maria ()
    m. 29 May 1926 Parish of St. Mary's, Mulhouse, France

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