Second Lieutenant (post mortem) Grosaru Ioan died on duty during a mission in Iraq and decorated by the President of Romania with Steaua Romaniei National Order, will be brought in the country by the Romanian Air Force military plane, September 24, Monday in the after-noon.

After the plane's arrival at 5 p.m. on Suceava Airport will occur a military and religious ceremony and they will present the Defense Minister's order on the appointment in rank of the hero Grosaru Ioan, post mortem Second Lieutenant.

The funerals will occur Tuesday, September 25, at 12 a.m. in Paiseni village, Suceava County.

MoD Press Office