Víctor F. Pantoja y Castillo was a Peruvian corporal killed in action in 1904 during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian territorial dispute.
Pantoja was born in Arequipa, Peru, where he entered the Peruvian Army and rose to the rank of Cabo.
[1] Pantoja was deployed to a disputed area of the Amazon rainforest known as Torres Causana by Peruvians.
[2] His mother, Carmen Castillo, received a pension by the Peruvian government after his death.
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.