Claudio Forrosuelo
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Matanog, Maguindanao
Philippines
Philippine ArmyClaudio Forrosuelo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tagum, Philippines |
| Died | 3 May 2000 Matanog, Maguindanao |
| Allegiance | Philippines |
| Service | Philippine Army |
| Rank |  Technical Sergeant |
| Service number | 737647 |
| Unit | 8th Scout Ranger Company, 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion,  1st Scout Ranger Regiment |
| Battles / wars | Moro conflict 2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front |
| Awards |  Medal of Valor |
Claudio Forrosuelo was a Philippine Army enlisted trooper and a posthumous recipient of the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor.[1]
Sergeant Forrosuelo was a member of the 8th Scout Ranger Company of the Philippine Army which saw combat during the 6-month campaign of the Armed Forces of the Philippines against the secessionist Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2000. Forrosuelo's 80-man unit engaged a force of MILF rebels numbering approximately 500 fighters in Matanog, Maguindanao on 3 May 2000.
Pinned down by enemy fire and incurring numerous casualties, the government security forces were almost out-flanked. Forrosuelo led an assault on the well-entrenched MILF forces that allowed the evacuation of the wounded soldiers. He then elected to stay behind and along with five others, delayed the enemy counter-attack. He was killed in action. Forrosuelo was conferred the Medal of Valor in 2001.[2]