Argentine Military Cemetery

The cemetery is protected by a walled enclosure with a cenotaph, including an image of Argentina's patron saint, the Virgen del Lujan.

Surrounding the graves, the names of the 649 Argentine soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives in the conflict are inscribed on glass plaques, with no indication of military rank or service, as requested by their families.

In July 2012 the glass casing protecting a figure of Argentina's patron saint, the Virgin of Luján, at the head of the cemetery was smashed, possibly with an axe.

Sebastián Socodo, an Argentinian-Falklander[13] responsible for the cemetery's upkeep, said families were notified but that as the graveyard is only visited once a month for maintenance it was not clear exactly when it occurred or who the perpetrators were.

The DNA identification project was co-funded by the UK and Argentine Governments as a humanitarian initiative in line with international law.

[15] On 13 September 2016 a UK-Argentina Joint Communication both countries expressed their full support for a DNA identification process in respect of all unknown Argentine soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands.

On December 4, 2018 and at the request of his wife María, his remains were repatriated to the Argentine mainland for cremation and reburial in the Sagrado Corazón Parish, Río Cuarto, Córdoba.

The Cemetery in 2008