Claudio Forrosuelo

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Claudio Forrosuelo
Born Tagum, Philippines
Died3 May 2000
Matanog, Maguindanao
AllegianceFlag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Service / branchFlag of the Philippine Army.svg  Philippine Army
Rank PHIL ARMY TSG WOODLAND.svg Technical Sergeant
Service number 737647
Unit8th Scout Ranger Company,
2nd Scout Ranger Battalion,
Scout Ranger Regimental Seal.png 1st Scout Ranger Regiment
Battles / wars Moro conflict
2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Awards Philippine Medal of Valor ribbon.jpg 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]

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Action against Moro secessionists

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]

Personal life

Sergeant Forrosuelo's youngest child Precious Jewel Forrosuelo was 8 years old at the time of his death. [3] She graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in March 2014, making history as the first ever offspring of a Medal of Valor awardee to graduate from the PMA. [4] A week after her graduation, she was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Philippine Army. [5]

Commemoration

In August 2016, the legislative body of Tagum, Davao del Norte, Forrosuelo's birthplace, adopted a resolution granting him a posthumous award for the same actions that earned him the Medal of Valor. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Fonbuena, Carmela (20 December 2017). "FAST FACTS: List of Medal of Valor awardees and their privileges". Rappler. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Lone Ranger At The Port". Armed Forces of the Philippines . Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Daughter of Valor Awardee joins the Army". Philippine Army Public Affairs. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Cimatu, Frank (17 March 2014). "This time, PMA goat is a female". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Vargas, Anthony (23 March 2014). "Daughter of Medal of Valor awardee joins Army". The Manila Times. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  6. ↑ City of Tagum. "RESOLUTION NO. 83, s-2016" . Retrieved 19 January 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
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