Georgian Army Corporal Valeri Verskiani died on 14th March 2011 in a German Military Hospital.
Cpl. Verskiani had suffered a severe neck wound from the blast of a land mine in Helmand province on 5th March 2011.
He, and two other Georgian soldiers, were airlifted to the German hospital, where he was undergoing specialist treatment for the neck and throat wound. Sadly he died from his injuries.
Cpl. Verskiani served in the Georgian Army's 32nd Battalion, Light Infantry. He joined the Army in 2007.