To the end of his life, Mr Ponticelli showed no interest in labelling anyone his enemy.
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Mr Ponticelli was born on 7 December 1897 in Emilia Romagna, northern Italy.
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Mr Sarkozy said there would be a national day of remembrance for France's war dead in the coming days as he marked Mr Ponticelli's death.
In many ways Mr Ponticelli was not typical of the poilus.
Mr Ponticelli, who lived with his daughter in a southern suburb of Paris, had initially refused a government offer of a state funeral, the AFP news agency reported.
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