Mahavir Chakra (MVC)

On 6 December 1961, when our troops were attacking enemy positions in Katanga, they came under intense machine gun and rifle fire. Lance Naik R.B. Gurung, who was second in command of one of the sections of a platoon, crawled approximately 300 yards with his Bren group and closed in on the enemy post. The party was under fire not only from the enemy post, which they were attacking, but also from an enemy medium machine gun located on a nearby ridge. Lance Naik Gurung successfully destroyed the enemy post, killing all the nine personnel therein. He himself was, however, killed by a burst of machine gun from the ridge area.

Lance Naik R.B. Gurung's undaunted personal courage, exemplary devotion to duty and conspicuous gallantry were in the best traditions of the Army.