Vir Chakra (VrC)

On 8 September 1965,2nd Lieutenant Bhupinder Kumar Vaid was performing the duties of observation post officer with a regiment operating in the Sialkot Sector. The OP tank was moving along with other elements ofthe regiment when a fierce tank-to-tank battle started. 2nd Lieutenant Vaid's tank received a direct hit, as a result of which he was injured and his technical assistant killed. His tank was hit again, causing disruption in communication. Disregarding his injury, he left the tank crawled about 300 yards and mounted a nearby tank from where he engaged a number of enemy localities, inflicting heavy casualties on them and thus enabling his troops to regroup for the operations.

The courage and devotion to duty displayed by 2nd Lieutenant Vaid were of a high order and in the best traditions of the Army.