Oscar Poltronieri
Oscar Ismael Poltronieri (born 2 February 1962) is an Argentine former soldier, who fought in the Falklands War in 1982. He is the only private who received antemortem the most important military distinction of Argentina, the Cross to the Heroic Valour in Combat, for his actions during the Battle of Two Sisters. He was born in Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, into a poor family and started work as ranch hand when he was a child, never finishing elementary school. In 1981, Poltronieri was commissioned for military service. With only basic instruction, he was assigned to the Sixth Infantry Regime to fight during the conflict of the Falklands in 1982. In the last hours of the combat, after ignoring an order of withdrawal, he stayed with an FN MAG, stopping a British assault of the Scots Guards alone. After the war, he only got temporary jobs and became a beggar due to the desmalvinización, the rejection of Argentinian society about the failure of the Falklands conflict and its veterans. Nevertheless, he was subject of recognition when his story attracted attention of the main media of the country like the newspaper Clarín. The Argentine Army eventually incorporated him as civilian personnel at Campo de Mayo base. He is the subject of multiple tributes like a documentary about his life and songs. References 

1962 births

Living people
Argentine people of the Falklands War
Argentine military personnel
People from Buenos Aires Province