JS
Date of Birth
5 September 1939
Balidan Diwas
20 October 1962
Place of Supreme Sacrifice
Tawang
State of Origin
Hoshiarpur, Punjab
Service Number
6789012
Unit / Regiment
7 Brigade
War / Conflict
1962 Sino-Indian War
Biography
Gunner Jarnail Singh displayed extraordinary courage and dedication to duty in the face of intense enemy fire in Tawang during the 1962 war. He ensured the artillery kept firing until his last breath.
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4 Sikh, The Sikh Regiment · 1965
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12th Battalion, The Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry · 1999
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Captain Arun Singh Jasrotia
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