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PARAM VIR CHAKRA
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IC 57556 Captain
Vikram Batra (13 JAK RIF, Posthumous) |
 Param Vir |
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IC 56959 Lt
Manoj Kumar Pandey (1/11 GR, Posthumous) |
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No 2690572
Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav (18 GRENADIERS) |
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No 13760533
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar (13 JAK RIF)
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IC 57556 Capt Vikram Batra 13 JAK RIF (Posthumous)
| On 20 Jun 99, 13 JAK RIF was tasked to capture Point 5140.
Capt Vikram Batra, in an audacious move, decided to attack the enemy position from the
rear along a sheer cliff face. Undaunted by fire, the officer, followed by five of his men climbed up and hurled two grenades into the enemy Sangar. As three enemy soldiers came out, he single handedly engaged them in close fire fight and killed all three. Mortally wounded, he went back and called forward his men, regrouped them and led them to capture Point 5140. For his sustained display of the most conspicuous personal bravery and junior leadership of the highest order in the face of the enemy, Capt Vikram Batra has been awarded the PARAM VIR CHAKRA Posthumously. Next of Kin/Address Mr GL Batra (Father)
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IC56959 Lieutenant Manoj
Kumar Pandey (Posthumous)
1/11 GR
| On night 2-3 Jul 99, Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey was
leading the attack to capture Khalubar. In a display of courage witnessed in close combat, this young officer surged ahead of his troops and charged at the enemy through a hail of bullets. Wounded in the shoulder and leg, he pressed on his solitary charge till he closed onto the first bunker. In ferocious hand to hand combat, he laid low two of the enemy and cleared the first bunker with complete disregard to his grievous injury. The officer, rushed from bunker to bunker, inspiring his men until the last of the enemy was annihilated. For his sustained display of the most conspicuous personal bravery and junior leadership of the highest order in the face of the enemy, Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey has been awarded the PARAM VIR CHAKRA Posthumously. Next of Kin/Address Mr Gopi Chand Pandey (Father)
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No 2690572 Grenadier
Yogender Singh Yadav
18 GRENADIERS
| On night of 03/04 July 99, Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav
was part of the Ghatak Platoon tasked to capture three bunkers on Tiger Hill. Volunteering to lead the assault, Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav was scaling the vertical cliff face, when the enemy opened up with automatic fire. He continued to scale the cliff through a volley of fire. In spite of being hit by three bullets in his groin and shoulder, displaying super human strength and resolve, reached the top. He then crawled up and lobbed a grenade into the first bunker, killing four enemy soldiers. Yet again, he charged the second bunker with his colleagues and in fierce hand to hand combat, killed three Pakistani soldiers. For his sustained display of the most conspicuous personal bravery and gallantry of the highest order in the face of the enemy, Grenadier Yogender Singh Yadav has been awarded the PARAM VIR CHAKRA. Next of Kin/Address Smt Santa Devi (Mother)
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No 13760533 Rifleman Sanjay Kumar 13 JAK RIF
| Rifleman Sanjay Kumar was the leading Scout of the team
tasked to capturing Area Flat Top on 04 Jul 99. Having scaled the cliff, the team was
pinned down by auto fire of an enemy bunker, 150 meters away. With complete disregard to personal safety, he crawled up the ledge and charged the bunker. Hit in his chest and forearm, he continued to charge. After cleaning the first bunker, he picked-up the enemy machine-gun and charged the second enemy bunker. Three enemy soldiers were killed on the spot. For his sustained display of the most conspicuous personal bravery and gallantry of the highest order in the face of the enemy, Rifleman Sanjay Kumar has been awarded the PARAM VIR CHAKRA.
Shri Durga Ram (Father)
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