Honors to Corporal Palacios of the Spanish Army who died in an exercise in Poland

@DefAviation ES 4·25·2024 · 20:17 0

This Wednesday, around 10:30 p.m. CET, the remains of Corporal Billye Germán Palacios Aguilar arrived at the Torrejón Air Base, Madrid.

A Corporal of the Regular Forces of the Spanish Army dies in an exercise in Poland
«Cześć jego pamięci!» Poland dedicates the tribute to its Fallen to a Spanish soldier

As you could already read here, Corporal Palacios died this Monday in Poland during a live fire exercise. He was a native of Ecuador, he was 43 years old and the father of two daughters. He joined the Army in 2004 and had been awarded the Bronze Cross for Consistency in Service and the Commemorative Medal of Operation Balmis. Currently he served in Tabor I of the Group of Regulars of Ceuta No. 54 (GREC 54) of the Spanish Army. His coffin arrived in Torrejón aboard an Airbus A-310 of the 45th Group of the Spanish Air Force.

According to the Army has communicated, before his transfer "an emotional religious ceremony was held in his honor at the Bemowo Piskie maneuvering field (Poland), attended by his Spanish and allied colleagues."

Today, in the "General Cavalcanti" Barracks in Madrid, base of the Health Group No. 1 of the Army, a military ceremony of funeral honors has been held for Corporal Palacios, an event chaired by the Chief of the Army Staff (JEME), Army General Amador Enseñat y Berea, accompanied by the Chief of the Defense Staff (JEMAD), Admiral General Teodoro E. López Calderón, with the assistance of the ambassadors of Ecuador and Poland.

During this funeral ceremony, the Chief of Staff has awarded the Cross of Military Merit with Yellow Badge posthumously to Corporal Palacios. The National Flag that covered the coffin of Corporal Palacios has been delivered to his family along with the decoration and his tarbuch, the head garment of the Regular Forces, by the JEME. You can see here the photos of these events that have been published by the Army and the Ministry of Defense. Give him eternal rest, Lord. Let perpetual light shine upon him. Rest in peace.

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The Mass in Poland for Cabo Palacios, attended by Spanish soldiers and other allied countries.

The arrival of Corporal Palacios' coffin in Torrejón, escorted by soldiers from his unit, the GREC 54.

The funeral ceremony at the "General Cavalcanti" Barracks in Madrid, with the assistance of soldiers from GREC 54 and the Infantry Regiment "Inmemorial del Rey" No. 1.