Víctor F. Pantoja y Castillo was a Peruvian corporal killed in action in 1904 during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute.
Víctor Pantoja | |
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 Statue in the Walk of the Amazon Heroes | |
| Birth name | Víctor F. Pantoja y Castillo[1] |
| Born | Arequipa,[1] Peru |
| Died | July 28, 1904 Napo–Aguarico confluence (today Cabo Pantoja, Peru) |
| Allegiance |  Peru |
| Service | Peruvian Army |
| Years of service | 1884–1904 |
| Rank | Cabo |
| Battles / wars | Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute † |
Early life
editPantoja was born in Arequipa, Peru, where he entered the Peruvian Army and rose to the rank of Cabo.[1]
Death
editPantoja was deployed to a disputed area of the Amazon rainforest known as Torres Causana by Peruvians.[1] On July 28, 1904, at 1:40 p.m., Ecuadorian troops ambushed the border outpost, raising the Ecuadorian flag, before being pushed back by the Peruvians in a two-hour battle. When Pantoja attempted to take down the Ecuadorian flag to replace it with the Peruvian flag, he was fatally shot in the chest. By the time the battle was over, 20 Ecuadorian soldiers had been killed, with three wounded and two captured. On the Peruvian side, Pantoja and another soldier named Federico R. y Tarazona were killed, with other three soldiers wounded.[2]
Legacy
editHis mother, Carmen Castillo, received a pension by the Peruvian government after his death.[3]
A Peruvian outpost, later town, was named after him. It saw action during several skirmishes the 1940s,[4] and in the context of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War during the Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte.[5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Tauro del Pino, Alberto (2001). Enciclopedia ilustrada del Perú: OJE-PEN (in Spanish). PEISA. p. 1939. ISBN 9972401499. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Fuentes, Hildebrando (1908). Loreto: apuntes geográficos, históricos, estadísticos, políticos y sociales (in Spanish). Vol. 2. La Revista. p. 153. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Memoria (in Spanish). Dirección de Administración. 1909. p. 101. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Zlatan Stambuk, Tte. Grl. FAP José; Muniz Ortega, Tte. Grl. FAP Mario (1981). Homenaje a la Fuerza Aérea del Perú 1981 (in Spanish). pp. 8, 38–39. Archived from the original on 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ "Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte". Peruvian Navy. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Macías Núñez, Edison (2012). EL EJÉRCITO ECUATORIANO EN LA CAMPAÑA INTERNACIONAL DE 1941 Y EN LA POST GUERRA (in Spanish). Quito: Centro de Estudios Históricos del Ejército. pp. 130, 148–156. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Monteza Tafur, Miguel (1979). El Conflicto Militar del Perú con el Ecuador. Editorial Universo S.A. pp. 124–166, 240–246. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-01.