Medal of Valour in Combat

Argentine Nation to the 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 ( es, Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur) are listed below.

Posthumous

Argentine Army

13 decorated members
*First Lieutenant Ruben Eduardo Marquez 602 Commando Company
*First Lieutenant Roberto Mario Fiorito 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
*First Lieutenant Juan Carlos Buschiazo 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
*Sub-Lieutenant Juan Domingo Baldini 7th Infantry Regiment
*Sub-Lieutenant Oscar Augusto Silva 4th Infantry Regiment
*First Sergeant Oscar Humberto Blas 602 Commando Company
*Sergeant Sergio Ismael García 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
*Sergeant Raúl Dimotta 601 Combat Aviation Battalion
*First Corporal Dario Rolando Ríos 7th Infantry Regiment
*Corporal Mario Rodolfo Castro 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
*Private 63 Class Fabricio Edgar Carrascull 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
*Private 63 Class Roque Evaristo Sanchez 12th Regiment
*Private 63 Class Avelino Nestor Oscar Pegoraro 12th Regiment

Argentine Air Force

*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

Argentine Army

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

Argentine Navy

6 decorated members Argentine Navy Website

*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

* Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Cross
*List of military decorations

References

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Orders, decorations, and medals of Argentina