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Memorial service scheduled for Aviano high-schooler
Stars and Stripes
January 11, 2007
AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Aviano High School for an Italian-American senior killed Sunday in a car crash.
Vanessa Rita Russo, 18, was killed when the vehicle she was riding in along Via Pedemonte crashed shortly after midnight.
Three airmen were hospitalized following the crash, although one has since been released.
Services also were scheduled Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon at the Roman Catholic church in downtown Aviano that the family was to attend.