The "Argentine Army to the Military Merit Medal" (Spanish: El Ejército Argentino al Merito Militar) is the fourth highest decoration awarded in the Argentine Army.
A total of seventeen officers, NCOs and conscripts were awarded this medal for their part during the Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas)
- Captain Caros Emilio Ferreyra (7th Infantry Regiment)
- Captain Ramón Alberto Verela (3rd Infantry Regiment)
- Captain Ricardo Manuel Frecha (601 Commando Company)
- Captain Sergio Fernández(601 Commando Company)
- Captain José Martiniano Duarte(601 Commando Company)
- First Lieutenant Luis Alberto Brun(602 Commando Company)
- 1st Lieutenant Guillermo Luis Robredo Y Venencia(6th Infantry Regiment)
- 2nd Lieutenant Aldo Eugenio Franco(6th Infantry Regiment)
- 2nd Lieutenant Augusto Esteban Vilgre La Madrid(6th Infantry Regiment)
- 2nd Lieutenant Guillermo Corbella(6th Infantry Regiment)
- 1st Sergeant Jorge Edgardo Pitrella (6th Infantry Regiment)
- Sergeant Castulo Cisneros
- Corporal Nicolás Urrieta (4th Infantry Regiment)
- Private Jorge Ledesma (25th Infantry Regiment)
- Private Diego Morano (25th Infantry Regiment)
- Private Jorge Testoni (25th Infantry Regiment)
- Private Norberto Aime (12th Infantry Regiment)
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