Military Personnel

Salvo D'Acquisto

Recipient of the Gold Medal of Military Valor and Servant of God

1920 - 1943

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His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Salvo D'Acquisto is the 1,848th most popular military personnel, the 3,723rd most popular biography from Italy and the 53rd most popular Italian Military Personnel.

Salvo D'Acquisto is most famous for sacrificing his life in 1943 by falsely confessing to a crime to save 22 Italian civilians from execution by Nazi forces. A surprising fact is that, as a member of the Italian Carabinieri, he was posthumously declared a Servant of God by the Catholic Church, marking the first step toward potential sainthood. His legacy as a symbol of selfless heroism continues to inspire acts of bravery and is commemorated annually in Italy.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Salvo D'Acquisto ranks 1,848 out of 2,058. Before him are Mizuno Tadakuni, Friedrich von Scholtz, Witte de With, Andy Green, Somnath Sharma, and Jalil Zandi. After him are Aris Velouchiotis, Oliver Hazard Perry, Tolmides, Gilad Shalit, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, and Józef Kowalski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Salvo D'Acquisto ranks 330. Before him are Urbano Navarrete Cortés, Claude Cheysson, Tony Crook, Raymond Salles, Bohumil Kudrna, and Hans Gerschwiler. After him are Gesualdo Bufalino, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Vincentas Sladkevičius, Alf Kjellin, Jens Bjørneboe, and Mario Cecchi Gori. Among people deceased in 1943, Salvo D'Acquisto ranks 191. Before him are Otto Modersohn, Willoughby Hamilton, András Székely, Georg Gehring, W. W. Jacobs, and Charles Tate Regan. After him are Akilles Järvinen, Gisela Januszewska, Alice Tegnér, Wilhelm Geiger, Oswald Teichmüller, and Robert W. Paul.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Salvo D'Acquisto ranks 3,723 out of NaN. Before him are Gaetano Salvemini (1873), Stefano Tacconi (1957), Marisa Merlini (1923), Matteo Darmian (1989), Giacomo Rossi Stuart (1925), and Giuseppe Vitali (1875). After him are Gesualdo Bufalino (1920), Arnaldo Pambianco (1935), Antonio Pesenti (1908), Luca Zingaretti (1961), Andrea Maffei (1798), and Cassandra Fedele (1465).

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Among Military Personnels In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Salvo D'Acquisto ranks 53. Before him are Lucius Flavius Silva (40), Gisulf I of Friuli (600), Angelo Iachino (1889), Inigo Campioni (1878), Vittorio Ambrosio (1879), and Benedetto I Zaccaria (1240).

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