Vir Chakra (VrC)

During the attack on an enemy post at Gadra in the Rajasthan Sector, on 5 December 1971 Lance Naik Durga Datt crawled to an enemy medium machine gun bunker, lobbed a grenade and destroyed the gun and its crew: While he was crawling to the other bunker, he was hit on the head by a machine gun burst. Unmindful of his serious injuries, he pressed forward and lobbed a grenade, silencing the other machine gun post also. He was found on the objective, seriously wounded and in an unconscious state and later succumbed to his injuries. 

In this action, Lance Naik Durga Datt displayed gallantry of a high order.