Background
SILVA, Valentina Benicio da was born on February 14, 1883 in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
SILVA, Valentina Benicio da was born on February 14, 1883 in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Educated Escola Preparatoria de Tática de Rio Pardo, 1901-1904, Escola Militar do Rio de Janeiro, 1904-1908.
Assistant, general staff, 1918-1919, Escola Militar, 1919-1920. Captain, 1920; attached to French military mission, 1921-1922. Military attaché in Argentina, 1923-1927.
Major, 1928; sect, chief, aviation department, 1928. Commander, Escola de Cavalaria, 1931-1935. It. colonel, 1932; colonel, 1934.
Commander, Andrade Neves regiment in campaign of 1932. Chief of staff, 2d regional group, 1936, later 1st regional group. Senior official, ministry of war, 1936-1937, secretary general, 1938-1942.
Brigadier general, 1937. Commander, 1st infantry brigade and Vila Militar, 1938. Commander, 3d military region, 1942-1944, 1st military region, since 1944.
Division general, 1943. Officer, Légion d’Honneur (France). Grand cross, Sol del Perú, Ayacucho (Peru).
Grand officer, Aviz (Portugal), Al Mérito (Paraguay), Cóndor de los Andes (Bolivia).
Member: Institute de Geografía e Historia Militar do Brasil (ex-president), Academy Riograndense de Letras, Institute Histórico e Geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul, Liga de Defesa Nacional (director). Member Uniáo Social Argentina.