Claudio Forrosuelo
Claudio Forrosuelo | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Died | 3 May 2000 |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines |
| Branch | File:Flag of the Philippine Army.svg Philippine Army |
| Rank | File:PHIL ARMY TSG WOODLAND.svg Technical Sergeant |
| Service number | 737647 |
| Unit | 8th Scout Ranger Company, 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion, File:Scout Ranger Regimental Seal.png 1st Scout Ranger Regiment |
| Conflicts | Moro conflict 2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front |
| Awards | File: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]
Action against Moro secessionists
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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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