Cross for Heroic Valour in Combat

Argentine Nation for Heroic Valour in Combat Cross () 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 () are listed below.

Posthumous

Argentine Army

• Lieutenant Roberto Estévez - 25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
• Lieutenant - 602 Commando Company
• Sergeant First Class Mateo Antonio Sbert- 602 Commando Company

Argentine Navy

• Commander Pedro Edgardo Giachino - Amphibious Commandos Group
• Petty Officer First Class . The ship ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6) was named after him.

Argentine Air Force

• Captain - Pilot '
• Captain José Daniel Luis Vazquez - Pilot Grupo 4

• Captain Pablo Marcos Rafael Carballo - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot '
• Lieutenant - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot Grupo 4
• 2nd Lieutenant - A-4 Skyhawk Pilot Grupo 4
• Sergeant
• Sergeant

See also

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

References