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''
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 - RI 12
- S/C 62 Oscar Ismael Poltronieri - RI Mec 6
Argentine Navy
- Lieutenant - Aermacchi MB-339 Pilot Argentine Naval Aviation
- Lieutenant (JG) Héctor Miño
Argentine Air Force
- 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