4PVC Caption Manoj Pandey ( मनोज पांडेय )
Captain of Gorkha rifle Manoj and his battalion was instrumental in winning the 1999 kargil war. He led his men to capture the Jubar top first then Khalubar as his platoon approached its final objective, it came under heavy and intense enemy fire from the surrounding heights. Fearlessly assaulting the first enemy position, he killed two enemy personnel and destroyed the second position by killing two more. He was injured on the shoulder and legs while clearing the third position. Undaunted and without caring for his grievous injuries, he continued to lead the assault on the fourth position urging his men and destroyed the same with a grenade, even as he got a fatal burst on his forehead his last words was ” Don’t Spare them”. Source