OFFICERS
Dir. Jovena A. Damasen
PresidentScholarship Chairperson
20th BCT
Dir. Danilo O. Bantilan
SecretaryBOT
19th BCT
Dir. Vicente L. Cervano Jr.
BOT2nd BCT
Dir. Rosalyn R. Flores
BOT10th BCT
Dir. Andylowie F. Bumatay
Vice PresidentBOT
19th BCT
Dir. Emelda J. Mamerto
TreasurerBOT
10th BCT
Dir. Danilo M. Anape
BOT20th BCT
Dir. Jennifer B. Panganiban
BOT2nd BCT
PEFTOK Veterans Association, Inc.
PEFTOK Veterans Association, Inc. (Operating under the name of PVAI), a second-generation PVAI Organization incorporated in the Philippines and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2018, per SEC Reg No. CN201817306, as a non-stock corporation.
The Philippine Expeditionary Force of Korea (PEFTOK) is a group of five Philippine Army BCTs (10th, 20th 19th, 14th, 2nd) Consisting of 7420 officers and enlisted men who fought and served in the Korean War. These battalions constituted the Regimental Combat Team promised by the Philippine Government to United Nations War Effort. The Philippines was the first Asian country to send combat troops and the third in the world to partake in the Korean War that began on June 25, 1950, until 1955.
Decades after the war, South Korea still celebrates the Filipino’s heroism through continuous commemoration and still provides help and support in terms of scholarship programs to their descendants.
Charter Member, Veterans Federation of the Philippine, (VFP) Member, International Federation of Korean War Veterans Association (IFKWVA). Phil-Korea Friendship Center, PEFTOK Korean War Memorial Hall, Bayani Road, Taguig City, Metro Manila Philippines.
The PEFTOK Veterans Association Inc. (PVAI) is a non-stock non-profit organization composed of members of the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and their descendants.
PVAI was originally conceived in 1955 by Brig Gen. Dionisio S. Ojeda, CO 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT); Col, Salvador Abcede, CO, 20th BCT; Col, Nicanor T. Jimenes, CO, 14th BCT; Col Claro Gloria, Judge Advocate General of the 2nd BCT; and MSgt. Candido Casabuena, 14th BCT as Incorporators.
