ministers, soldiers and members of Ponticelli's family. French academic Max Gallo delivered the eulogy. At the mass, French collégien Guillaume Kaleff read a poem written by his class in Ponticelli's honor. Flags were ordered to be flown at half mast while Sarkozy unveiled a plaque dedicated to the veterans of World War I. Legionnaires of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment, heir to the Marching Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, the same regiment that Ponticelli fought in, carried his coffin at the funeral. After the procession, he was buried in his family's plot at Ivry Cemetery, Ivry-sur-Seine. Legacy On 11 November 2008, during the first Armistice Day since his death, Rue de Verdun in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre was renamed Rue de Verdun-Lazare-Ponticelli. See also List of last surviving World War I veterans by country Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion Footnotes References Notes Sources 1897 births 2008 deaths People from the Province of Piacenza Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France) 20th-century French businesspeople French military personnel of World War I French supercentenarians Italian emigrants to France Italian people of French descent Italian military personnel of World War I Italian supercentenarians Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion Knights of the Order of Vittorio Veneto Naturalized citizens of France Men supercentenarians Burials at Ivry Cemetery