Mahavir Chakra (MVC)

Second Lieutenant Shamsher Singh Samra was a platoon commander in a battalion of the Brigade of Guards engaged in action on the Eastern Front. During the action our troops came under heavy and accurate fire from automatic weapons. Undaunted by the heavy volume of fire, Second Lieutenant Shamsher Singh Samra encouraged his men to press home the attack. When the officer was about 25 yards from the position, he received a medium machine gun burst in the chest. Undeterred, he charged and destroyed the medium machine gun bunker with a grenade; he then rushed to a second bunker, when he was hit by another burst as a result of which he died with the grenade still in his hand. In this action, 2nd Lieutenant Shamsher Singh Samra displayed conspicuous bravery and determination and made the supreme sacrifice.