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Colonel

Francisco Adolfo Castillo
Colonel; Francisco Adolfo Castillo
Born	c. 1927; El Salvador
Died	17 June 1982 (aged 55); Perquín, El Salvador
Allegiance	El Salvador
Service / branch	Salvadoran Army
Years of service	? – 1982
Rank	Colonel
Battles / wars	Salvadoran Civil War Final offensive of 1981;

Francisco Adolfo Castillo (c. 1927 – 17 June 1982) was a Salvadoran military officer who served as the Deputy Minister of Defense during the Salvadoran Civil War.^[1] He was a member High Command General Staff during the final offensive of 1981.^[2] He was killed in June 1982 when the military helicopter he was onboard was shot down in Perquín, Morazán, by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Bonner, Raymond (19 June 1982). "Salvadoran Colonels Die in Crash". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ Bosch 1999, pp. 76–78.

Bosch, Brian J. (1999). The Salvadoran Officer Corps and the Final Offensive of 1981. Jefferson, North Carolina; London: McFarland & Company Incorporated Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0612-7.

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