Vir Chakra (VrC)

Sepoy Satpal Singh along with his section, was deployed in the Drass sector during 'Operation Vijay'. The section came under heavy enemy fire from Tiger Hill, Rocky Knob, Charlie Feature and Trig Height at 0600 hrs on 6 July 1999.

The enemy launched counter attack with 15 to 16 intruders and intense fire fighting ensued between Sepoy Satpal Singh and the intruders. While repulsing counter attack Sepoy Satpal Singh got seriously wounded. Showing utter disregard to his personal safety he kept firing incessantly, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. He did not allow enemy to come closer and beat back the counter attack. The enemy launched a second counter attack with 40 to 45 intruders. He boldly confronted them again. Though suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, he kept engaging the intruders and killed four of them. Many more intruders were injured and this finally forced the enemy to flee. He held on to his post and kept motivating his comrades to fight till the last.

Displaying extreme bravery and courage, Sepoy Satpal Singh single handedly took on the enemy face to-face at close quarters that motivated the troops around him and subsequently repulsed the fierce counter attack.