Cross to the Heroic Valour in Combat
Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Cross (Spanish: Cruz "La Nación Argentina Al Heroico Valor En Combate") is the highest national military decoration in Argentina.
| Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat | |
|---|---|
 Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Ribbon
Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Ribbon | |
| Awarded by Argentina | |
| Type | Cross |
| Eligibility | Members of the Argentine Armed Forces |
| Awarded for | "acts of heroic valor in action in hazardous circumstances" |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Statistics | |
| Last awarded | 1982 |
| Total awarded | 18 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (lower) | Argentine Nation to the Valour in Combat Medal |
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- 602 Commando Company
- Sergeant First Class Mateo Antonio Sbert- 602 Commando Company
Argentine Navy
- Frigate Captain Pedro Edgardo Giachino - Amphibious Commandos Group
- Sub-Officer First Class Julio Castillo.[1] The ship ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6) was named after him.
Argentine Air Force[2]
- Captain Omar Jesús Castillo - Pilot Grupo 4
- Captain José Daniel Luis Vazquez - Pilot Grupo 4
During lifetime
Argentine Army
- First Lieutenant Jorge Manuel Vizoso - 602 Commando Company
- Sub-Lieutenant Juan José Gomez Centurión - C/25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
- Corporal First Class Roberto Bacilio Baruzzo - RI 12
- S/C 62 Oscar Ismael Poltronieri - RI Mec 6
Argentine Navy
- Ship-of-the-Line Lieutenant Owen Guillermo Crippa - Aermacchi MB-339 Pilot Argentine Naval Aviation
- Corvette Lieutenant Héctor Miño
Argentine Air Force[2]
- Captain Pablo Marcos Rafael Carballo - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot Grupo 5
- Lieutenant Ernesto Rubén Ureta - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot Grupo 4
- Ensign Gerardo Guillermo Isaac - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot Grupo 4
- Sub-Officer Pedro Prudencio Miranda
- Sub-Officer Carlos Omar Ortiz
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See also
- Argentine Nation to the Valour in Combat Medal
- List of military decorations
References
- Homenaje a un valiente, el Suboficial Primero Julio Castillo (in Spanish)
- "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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