WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — 1st Lieutenant Zachary Galli’s family laid him to rest Friday. The Williamsburg native, 23, died on May 11 during an army training exercise at Fort Johnson in Louisiana. The Galli family invited 13News Now to attend the service.
Galli graduated from the University of Virginia in 2022 with a degree in kinesiology. According to his obituary, he was a member of the Chi Alpha Christian fraternity and the social fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi.
Galli was trained in explosive ordinance disposal (EOD), detecting and disarming explosive threats. His fellow officers say he was a natural. He attended the EOD School at Eglin Air Force Base, located in Florida. He was then assigned to Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
U.S. Navy Senior Chief Cliff Frazier spoke at Friday’s service, held at Williamsburg Community Chapel. He said Galli was called a “unicorn” at the EOD training academy. “During the division and ultimately the entire schoolhouse, Zach wouldn’t fail a single test,” Frazier said.
