Víctor Pantoja

Víctor F. Pantoja y Castillo was a Peruvian corporal killed in action in 1904 during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute.

Víctor Pantoja
Statue in the Walk of the Amazon Heroes
Birth nameVíctor F. Pantoja y Castillo[1]
BornArequipa,[1] Peru
Died(1904-07-28)July 28, 1904
Napo–Aguarico confluence
(today Cabo Pantoja, Peru)
Allegiance Peru
Service/branchPeruvian Army
Years of service1884–1904
RankCabo
Battles/warsEcuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute  †

Early life

Pantoja was born in Arequipa, where he entered the Peruvian Army and was then ascended to Cabo.[1]

Death

Pantoja 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 2-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 were 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

His 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Memoria (in Spanish). Dirección de Administración. 1909. p. 101. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  4. 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.
  5. "Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte". Peruvian Navy. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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