Juan Escutia

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Juan Escutia was a young Mexican military cadet celebrated as one of the Niños Héroes for his legendary sacrifice defending Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican–American War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Juan Escutia canonical 2
Juan Escutia (Spanish) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican military personnel ⓘ
Niño Héroe ⓘ
human ⓘ
military cadet ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Nayarit ⓘ
commemoratedOn Niños Héroes Day ⓘ
September 13 ⓘ
conflict Mexican–American War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Mexico ⓘ
countryOfDeath Mexico ⓘ
hasCategory Mexican military personnel of the Mexican–American War ⓘ
Mexican national heroes ⓘ
Niños Héroes ⓘ
linked to: Niños Héroes Day
hasCauseOfDeath combat during the Battle of Chapultepec ⓘ
killed in action ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Mexican ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasLegend wrapped himself in the Mexican flag and leapt from Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Juan Escutia (Spanish) ⓘ
linked to: Juan Escutia
hasOccupation soldier ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasRole cadet at the Military College of Chapultepec ⓘ
hasTitle national hero of Mexico ⓘ
honoredBy Mexican Armed Forces ⓘ
Mexican government ⓘ
influenced Mexican patriotic education ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
memorializedIn Altar a la Patria ⓘ
Monument to the Niños Héroes ⓘ
militaryBranch Mexican Army ⓘ
notableFor defense of Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
role as one of the Niños Héroes ⓘ
partOf Niños Héroes ⓘ
linked to: Niño Héroe

defenders of Chapultepec ⓘ
placeOfBurial Altar a la Patria ⓘ
Chapultepec Park ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chapultepec Castle ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ
symbolizes patriotism in Mexico ⓘ
self‑sacrifice for the nation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altar a la Patria → memorialFor → Juan Escutia ⓘ
Juan Escutia → hasNameInLanguage → Juan Escutia (Spanish) ⓘ
linked to: Juan Escutia