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PA Patriot Laid to Rest in Wyoming

PA Patriot Laid to Rest in Wyoming - Friday, January 18, 2008 at 1:00PM EST

Reported by: Mark Hiller
Friday, Jan 18, 2008 @01:00pm EST
WYOMING, LUZERNE COUNTY- A Pennsylvania Patriot originally from Dupont who died from an attack in Afghanistan was laid to rest today.

The funeral mass for 52-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Richard Berrettini was held this morning at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Pittston.

Lieutenant Colonel Berrettini died last Friday, 9 days after his humvee struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

He is survived by a wife and two sons in northwestern Pennsylvania and extended family members in Luzerne County.

The fallen PA Patriot was buried today at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wyoming.