Vir Chakra (VrC)

Havildar Kumar Singh was number 2 in a section of Charlie Company. On 06 July 1999 during 'Operation Vijay', the Company was tasked to capture a feature named Pimple 2 of Point 4875 in the Mushkoh Valley. The attack commenced at 2200 hours. Amidst heavy enemy fire, the number 1 Section Commander was able to clear two enemy sangars before he got hit by an artillery shell splinter and succumbed to his injuries. Havildar Kumar Singh took charge of the situation. He deployed the rocket launcher detachment and engaged the enemy sangar. Thereafter he personally lobbed grenades into the sangar and then physically charged and cleared the sangar. Thereafter he lobbed grenades inside a second sangar and cleared it too by charging it with his section. He thus cleared two enemy sangars and killed three enemy soldiers. However, while reorganizing his Section on the objective he was hit by a splinter in the head and succumbed to his injuries.

Havildar Kumar Singh showed high gallantry in the face of the enemy beyond the call of duty with utter disregard to his personal safety and made the supreme sacrifice, which finally led to capture of the objective.