Lance Cpl. Alberto Francesconi
A hero marine killed in a New Year’s Day ambush in Afghanistan was mourned Wednesday night as a dedicated soldier whose life ended too soon.
Grim-faced relatives, friends and fellow soldiers of Lance Cpl. Alberto Francesconi filled a Washington Heights funeral home for his wake.
“He will be missed,” said Marine Cpl. Alfonso Matos, 28, who served in the same battalion with Francesconi in Iraq. “He was motivated, dedicated. He loved what he did. He was a good kid.”
The 21-year-old Francesconi, who grew up in a tough area of the Bronx, was the first U.S. casualty in Afghanistan this year, killed by a land mine in volatile southern Helmand Province
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