Vir Chakra (VrC)

On 30 October 1962, Captain R D Rosario, commanding a company of a Sikh Light Infantry Battalion at a bridge on the Sela Jang Road, took out a patrol to find out the condition of the bridge across river Tawang Chu and whether the enemy was making any attempts to reconstruct it. The patrol came under mortar fire. Realising the danger to his men, he deployed the patrol and moved forward alone towards the bridge. As he approached within 500 yards of the bridge, the enemy opened a heavy volume of medium machine gun and small arms fire from the far bank of the river. Undaunted, Captain Rosario crawled forward about one hundred and fifty yards from the bridge and collected vital information. In this operation, Captain Rosario remained continuously under heavy enemy mortar, machine gun and small arms fire for over thirty minutes. In subsequent operations, Captain Rosario fought gallantly at Sela. Later, while withdrawing, he brought out one officer and six of his men, but himself died from injuries sustained during the action. 

Captain Rosario displayed exemplary courage, leadership and devotion to duty in best traditions of our Army.