Vir Chakra (VrC)

On 20 October 1962, a battalion of Grenadiers was ordered to withdraw from a forward post in NEFA. Lance Naik Sardar Singh was second in command of a section which was deployed on the extreme right flank of his company. The Chinese, approximately a company strong, had established themselves on the opposite bank of the Nyamkachu River and had cut the withdrawal route by dominating the track leading back to Hathung La Pass. Lance Naik Sardar Singh's platoon was given the task of guarding the right flank of the battalion position so as to prevent enemy interference with the withdrawal. Being in the forward-most section, he ensured that the section kept on firing at the enemy. He remained in the position till the whole company had collected at the rendezvous. However, he himself fell a victim to an enemy bullet.

Lance Naik Sardar Singh displayed courage and devotion to duty of a high order.