Cross for Heroic Valour in Combat
Award
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Argentine Nation for Heroic Valour in Combat Cross (Spanish: Cruz "La Nación Argentina Al Heroico Valor En Combate") is the highest national military decoration in Argentina.[1]
TypeCross
Awarded for"acts of heroic valor in action in hazardous circumstances"
Presented byArgentina
EligibilityMembers of the Argentine Armed Forces
| Argentine Nation for Heroic Valour in Combat | |
|---|---|
| |
| Type | Cross |
| Awarded for | "acts of heroic valor in action in hazardous circumstances" |
| Presented by | Argentina |
| Eligibility | Members of the Argentine Armed Forces |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Final award | 1982 |
| Total | 18 |
 | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (lower) | Argentine Nation to the Valour in Combat Medal |
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[2]
Argentine Navy
- Commander Pedro Edgardo Giachino - Amphibious Commandos Group
- Petty Officer First Class Julio Saturnino Castillo.[3] The ship ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6) was named after him.
Argentine Air Force
During lifetime
Argentine Army
- 1st Lieutenant Jorge Manuel Vizoso - 602 Commando Company
- 2nd 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
- Lieutenant Owen Guillermo Crippa - Aermacchi MB-339 Pilot Argentine Naval Aviation
- Lieutenant (JG) Héctor Miño
Argentine Air Force
- Captain Pablo Marcos Rafael Carballo - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot Grupo 5
- Lieutenant Ernesto Rubén Ureta - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot Grupo 4
- 2nd Lieutenant Gerardo Guillermo Isaac - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot Grupo 4
- Sergeant Pedro Prudencio Miranda
- Sergeant Carlos Omar Ortiz[5]