Cross for Heroic Valour in Combat

Argentine Nation for Heroic Valour in Combat Cross (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 (Guerra de las Malvinas) are listed below.

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

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

Argentine Air Force

 * Captain Omar Jesús Castillo - Pilot Grupo 4
 * Captain José Daniel Luis Vazquez - Pilot Grupo 4

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