page_title: Rommel Sandoval
section_title: Marawi siege
hierarchical_section_title: Rommel Sandoval / Marawi siege
caption_attribution_description: English: President Rodrigo Duterte pays his last respects to another fallen soldier, Captain Rommel Sandoval, whose body was about to be transported to Manila from Cagayan de Oro City on September 11, 2017. Sandoval was the Company Commander of the 11th Scout Ranger Company. He was killed in action, while rescuing a wounded soldier in Marawi City. SIMEON CELI JR./PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
context_page_description: Rommel Bigyan Sandoval was a Philippine Army officer commissioned as captain and a recipient the Philippines' highest military award for courage, the Medal of Valor. Sandoval was the Commanding officer of the 11th Scout Ranger Company, 4th Scout Ranger Battalion of the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment deployed to fight ISIS-inspired militants during the 2017 Battle of Marawi. He graduated at the most prestigious military school in the Philippines, the Philippine Military Academy located in Baguio City.
  On 10 September 2017, the 111th day of the battle, Sandoval was killed in action attempting to rescue one of his men wounded in a firefight with the jihadist militants. Sandoval, a Captain, was the highest-ranking soldier to have died in the Battle of Marawi.
context_section_description: Sandoval had spent over three months in the siege of Marawi without losing a single one of his men. His command, the 11th Scout Ranger Company, had not had a single casualty since their deployment. In August 2017, he had saved a group of Scout Rangers who had been trapped in a building in the main battle area. Under his instructions, they had exfiltrated the building using an armored personnel carrier and escaped the Maute group.
caption: President Rodrigo Duterte pays his last respects to Captain Rommel Sandoval, September 11, 2017.
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