Cross of Heroic Valour in Combat

Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat
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

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.

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

Argentine Marines

• 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

See also

• Argentine Nation to the Valour in Combat Medal
• List of military decorations

References

1. ^ Homenaje a un valiente, el Suboficial Primero Julio Castillo
2. ^ ^{a b} "Condecoraciones - Ley 24.229". Argentine Air Force. http://www.fuerzaaerea.mil.ar/conflicto/l4.asp. Retrieved 2009-05-31.