Manoj Kumar Pandey
Indian Army officer and recipient of Param Vir Chakra / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC (25 June 1975 – 3 July 1999) was an Indian military officer posthumous recipient of India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, for his audacious courage and leadership during the Kargil War in 1999.[2] An officer of the first battalion in the 11th Gorkha Rifles (1/11 GR), he died in battle on the bunker hill edge of the Khalubar Hills in the village of Garkon Aryan Valley in Kargil.[3][4]
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Born | (1975-06-25)25 June 1975 Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Died | †3 July 1999(1999-07-03) (aged 24) Bunker Ridge, Khalubar, Batalik Sector, Kargil, Ladakh, India |
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Years of service | 1997–1999 |
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Service number | IC-56959W[1] |
Unit | 11th Gorkha Rifles |
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