Mahavir Chakra (MVC)

Lance Naik R.U. Pandey was commanding a section of a company of a battalion of brigade of Guards in an attack on an enemy post on the Eastern Front. The assaulting troops were held up by heavy and accurate fire from well-fortified enemy positions. Lance Naik Pandey crawled up and destroyed in succession two enemy bunkers with hand grenades. He then took up a rocket launcher and destroyed a third bunker when he was mortally wounded and died on the spot. Lance Naik R.U. Pandey showed exemplary valour and leadership and made the supreme sacrifice.