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Claudio Forrosuelo

Claudio Forrosuelo
BornTagum, Philippines
Died3 May 2000
Matanog, Maguindanao
Allegiance Philippines
Service / branch Philippine Army
Rank Technical Sergeant
Service number737647
Unit8th Scout Ranger Company,
2nd Scout Ranger Battalion,
1st Scout Ranger Regiment
Battles / warsMoro conflict
2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Awards 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]

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]

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]