Vir Chakra (VrC)

Havildar Joginder Singh of High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) was attached with 27 Rajput Regiment which was tasked to capture the strategic post of Point 5770 opposite own Southern Glacier. The enemy post was constantly harassing own post Saddle through observation and small arms fire. The plan to capture Point 5770 was to achieve moral ascendance in GULAB Complex.

With total disregard to his personal safety in the face of devastating enemy artillery and small arms fire, Havildar Joginder Singh assaulted the bunkers firing from the hip and lobbing grenades. Seeing his bold and daredevil attacks, the enemy ran towards the Southwesterly direction but were shot down. Havildar Joginder Singh also observed eight to ten enemy personnel rolling down the sheer steep ledge into a deep nullah towards West. However, four enemy personnel from the two forward bunkers engaged the assault team with automatic weapons. With utter disregard to his personal safety, Havildar Joginder Singh charged towards the bunkers and in the ensuing hand-to-hand fight silenced the enemy resistance using Universal machine gun captured from the enemy.

Havildar Joginder Singh displayed conspicuous courage and professional acumen in the face of devastating enemy fire.