Vir Chakra (VrC)

Lance Naik Umar Singh Gurung was in a medium machine gun post in the Poonch Sector when his locality was besieged by a heavy enemy onslaught and subjected to heavy fire. Despite it, Lance Naik. Umar Singh Gurung stuck to his task and moving from bunker to bunker managed to silence a number of enemy gun posts. In the process, he received a burst of enemy automatic fire in the neck. With his fingers pressed on the trigger of his weapon till the last and refusing to be evacuated, he succumbed to the wounds at his post.

In this action, Lance Naik. Umar Singh Gurung displayed gallantry, determination and devotion to duty of a very high order.