Vir Chakra (VrC)

While deployed in Sri Lanka as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force, Sepoy Prabhakar Bayaji Patre volunteered to carry ammunition as part of the 'Suicide Squad' to a company on 16 October 1987. En route the squad was ambushed by the militants time and again, but Sepoy Prabhakar Bayaji was fearless in breaking through. In the process he got injured, but refused to give up. On reaching the company location, the squad had to make a fighting break-in, since the company was surrounded by militants. Sepoy Bayaji Patre was the first to break the cordon. He ran spraying bullets all over. He received a burst in his chest but kept advancing till he reached the company His charge broke the cordon for the remaining squad, but this brave soldier died having accomplished his task.

Sepoy Prabhakar Bayaji Patre thus displayed conspicuous courage and valour in the face of the militants.