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: Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur) are listed below.

Posthumous

Argentine Army

13 decorated members

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 [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

References

  1. ^ Argentine Navy Website.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Nation_to_the_Valour_in_Combat_Medal
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