Robert Salvador
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Robert Salvador is a retired Philippine Army officer and a recipient the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor.[1]
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Robert Salvador | |
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Allegiance | Philippines |
Service/ | Philippine Army |
Rank | Captain |
Service number | 723530 |
Unit | 49th Infantry Battalion |
Battles/wars | 1989 Philippine coup attempt |
Awards | Medal of Valor |
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Salvador, then a Private First Class, was one of the soldiers defending Camp Aguinaldo during the 1989 Philippine coup attempt. When armored personnel carriers of the rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement rammed the camp's gate on 3 December 1989, Salvador fired on the vehicles with a 90 mm recoilless rifle, killing several crewmen inside. One of those killed turned out to be Salvador's brother, Rogelio.[2]
Salvador had been promoted to Sergeant by the time he was conferred the Medal of Valor on March 22, 1991.[3] He was a Captain by December 2016, just before his retirement.[4]