Global InformationFrancisco Granfil information
Francisco G. Granfil | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Philippines |
| Service/ |  Philippine Army |
| Rank |  Sergeant |
| Service number | 647705[1] |
| Unit | Operational Team 1103, 11th Special Forces Company, Home Defense Group (Airborne) |
| Battles/wars | Communist rebellion in the Philippines |
| Awards |  Medal of Valor |
Francisco G. Granfil is a retired Philippine Army enlisted trooper and a recipient the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor.[2]
Sergeant Granfil was part of a combined force of Philippine Army Special Forces, a platoon of Philippine Constabulary troopers and CHDF paramilitaries undertaking a patrol in Tarragona, Davao Oriental, Philippines on 12 February 1988 when they were ambushed by approximately 100 New People's Army rebels. Granfil immediately came to the relief of the pinned-down elements of the patrol. He managed to evacuate the wounded government troops to a secure area and recovered their firearms, which he distributed to the unarmed paramilitaries. He then put a malfunctioning M60 machine gun into action, alternating this with fire from a 60mm mortar until the communist rebels withdrew.
Granfil was conferred the Medal of Valor in 1989.
- ^ "Award for the Medal of Valor: Sergeant Francisco G Granfil 647705 PA". Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. 19 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ Fonbuena, Carmela (20 December 2017). "FAST FACTS: List of Medal of Valor awardees and their privileges". Rappler. Retrieved 7 January 2017.