Medal of Valour in Combat explained
Argentine Nation for Valour in Combat Medal (Spanish: Medalla "La Nación Argentina al Valor en Combate") is the second highest military decoration given by the President of Argentina.
The decoration consists of a bronze circular medal bearing the Coat of arms of Argentina surrounded by the legends "La Nación Argentina" (top) and "al Valor en Combate" (bottom), suspended from a chest ribbon of equal light blue-white-light blue stripes.
Recipients of the Medal for service during the 1982 Falklands War (Spanish; Castilian: Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur) are listed below.
Posthumous
13 decorated members
- Comodore Gustavo Enrique Aguirre Faget
- Vice Comodore Jorge Nelson Barrionuevo
- Major Jose Ernesto Basilio
- Captain Jose Leonidas Ardiles
- Captain Jorge Humberto Bacchiddu
- First Lieutenant Juan Jose Arraras (A4 Skyhawk Pilot)
- Suboficial Mayor Guillermo Mario Aguirre
- Suboficial Mayor Jose Antonio Alvarez
- Suboficial Mayor Mario Nestor Amengual
- Suboficial Principal Manuel Alberto Albelos
- Suboficial Principal Oscar Antonio Ardizzoni
- Suboficial Principal Pedro Cesar Bazan
- Suboficial Auxiliar Roberto Osvaldo Alonso
- Cabo Hector Walter Aguirre
During Lifetime
40 decorated members
- Lieutenant Colonel CARLOS ALBERTO QUEVEDO GA Aerot 4
- Major OSCAR RAMON JAIMET Rl Mec 6
- Major MARIO LUIS CASTAGNETO 601 Commando Company
- Major GUILLERMO RUBEN BERAZAY Rl Mec 3
- Captain RODRIGO ALEJANDRO SOLOAGA Esc ExpI C Bl 10
- Captain JORGE RODOLFO SVENDSEN 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
- First Lieutenant JORGE AGUSTIN ECHEVERRIA
- First Lieutenant CARLOS DANIEL ESTEBAN 25th Infantry Regiment
- First Lieutenant HORACIO FERNANDO LAURIA
- First Lieutenant JULIO CESAR NAVONE GA 3
- First Lieutenant CARLOS ALBERTO CHANAMPA GA Aerot 4
- First Lieutenant HUGO ALBERTO PEREZ COMETO 601 Combat Aviation Battalion
- First Lieutenant ALEJANDO ESTEBAN VILLAGRA
- First Lieutenant EDUARDO ERNESTO LOPEZ LEGUIZAMON
- Lieutenant RAMON GALINDEZ MATIENZO Rl Mec 7
- Lieutenant RAUL CASTAÑEDA Rl Mec 7
- Sub-Lieutenant OSCAR ROBERTO REYES RI 25
- Sub-Lieutenant ERNESTO PELUFFO RI 12
- Sub-Lieutenant MARCELO ALBERTO LLAMBIAS PRAVAZ RI 4
- First Sergeant JUAN CARLOS COHELO RI 12
- First Sergeant JOSE RIVAS
- First Sergeant ROLANDO SPIZUOCCO RI Mec 7
- Sergeant JOSE MARIA GONZALEZ FERNANDEZ
- Sergeant MIGUEL ALFREDO MORENO
- First Corporal MANUEL ADAN MEDINA Rl Mec 7
- First Corporal LUIS DORO
- First Corporal VICENTE BACA
- First Corporal EDUARDO ANIBAL RAMON CRAVERO
- First Corporal MARTIN HECTOR SAN MIGUEL
- Corporal HUGO OSMAR GODOY
- Corporal MARIO MARVIL PACHECO
- Corporal GENARO BORDON
- Private 62 class LUCIANO OSCAR PINTOS RI Mec 12
- Private 62 class OSCAR WULDRICH
- Private 62 class EDUARDO GONZALEZ RI 4
- Private 62 class PEDRO CELESTINO ARRUA
- Private 62 class HECTOR OMAR REINALDI
- Private 62 class PEDRO RAMON SAUCEDO
- Private 62 class RODOLFO SULIN
- Private LEONARDO RONDI RI Mec 6
6 decorated members [1]
- Capitán de Fragata CARLOS HUGO ROBACIO 5th Marine Infantry Battalion
- Capitán de Corbeta ALOIS ESTEBAN PAYAROLA
- Teniente de Fragata DIEGO GARCIA QUIROGA (Agrupación de Buzos Tácticos)
- Cabo Principal FRANCISCO SOLANO PAEZ
- Cabo Segundo ERNESTO URBINA Agrupación de Buzos Tácticos
- Soldado Conscripto ROMUALDO BAZAN
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.ara.mil.ar/malv/malv/condecoraciones.html Argentine Navy Website
