Cross for Heroic Valour in Combat

Award
Argentine Nation for Heroic Valour in Combat
TypeCross
Awarded for"acts of heroic valor in action in hazardous circumstances"
Presented byArgentina
EligibilityMembers of the Argentine Armed Forces
StatusCurrently awarded
Last awarded1982
Total18
Ribbon
Precedence
Next (lower)Argentine Nation to the Valour in Combat Medal

Argentine Nation for Heroic Valour in Combat Cross (Spanish: Cruz "La Nación Argentina Al Heroico Valor En Combate") is the highest national military decoration in Argentina.[1]

The decoration consists of a silver cross pattée bearing the Coat of arms of Argentina in gold, suspended from a chest ribbon of equal light blue-white-light blue stripes.

Recipients of the decoration for service during the 1982 Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) are listed below.

Posthumous

Argentine Army

  • Lieutenant Roberto Estévez - 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
  • Lieutenant Ernesto Emilio Espinosa [es] - 602 Commando Company
  • Sergeant First Class Mateo Antonio Sbert- 602 Commando Company[2]

Argentine Navy

  • Commander Pedro Edgardo Giachino - Amphibious Commandos Group
  • Petty Officer First Class Julio Saturnino Castillo [es].[3] The ship ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6) was named after him.

Argentine Air Force

  • Captain Omar Jesús Castillo [es] - Pilot Grupo 4 [es]
  • Captain José Daniel Luis Vazquez - Pilot Grupo 4[4][5]

During lifetime

Argentine Army

Argentine Navy

Argentine Air Force

See also

References

  1. ^ "El heroico valor en combate". gaceta.marinera.com.ar. Argentina Ministerio de Defensa. Retrieved 24 Jul 2022.
  2. ^ "Héroes de Malvinas, Héroes de la Patria: Sargento Primero Mateo Sbert". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 30 May 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ Homenaje a un valiente, el Suboficial Primero Julio Castillo (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "30 de Mayo 1982 - Capitanes (PM) José Daniel Vazquez y Omar Jesús Castillo". avionesenargentina.com (in Spanish). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Condecoraciones - Ley 24.229" (in Spanish). Argentine Air Force. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
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