Bravehearts of Kerala

22 soldiers and officers from Kerala are remembered on Veergati — sons and daughters of this land who did not come home.

22 names

• Sepoy Mathew Abraham4 Guards · 1971
• Sapper Ramesh NairBombay Sappers · 1971
• Lieutenant Commander V.A. RonaldINS Khukri · 1971
• Havildar Prabhakaran Nair16 Madras · 1971
• Gunner Ayyappan MS, Sena Medal (Posthumous)219 Field Regiment, The Regiment of Artillery · 1986
• Colonel E T Mathew2 Field Ordnance Depot, Army Ordnance Corps · 1994
• Naik Gee Varghese KD, Kirti Chakra14th Battalion, The Assam Regiment · 1998
• Captain Pannikot Vishwanath Vikram, Sena Medal141 Field Regiment, Regiment of Artillery · 1999
• Lieutenant Colonel Ramkrishnan Vishwanathan, Vir Chakra18 Grenadiers, The Grenadiers Regiment · 1999
• Captain Jerry Premraj, Vir Chakra158 Medium Regiment (SP) · 1999
• Gunner Sajeev Gopal Pillai, Vir Chakra4 Field Regiment · 1999
• Captain Harshan Radhakrishnan Nair, Ashoka Chakra2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 Para SF) · 2007
• Colonel Jojan Thomas, Ashoka Chakra45 Rashtriya Rifles · 2008
• Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Ashok Chakra (Posthumous)51 SAG · 2008
• Lieutenant Commander Rahul NairINAS 551 Squadron · 2010
• Squadron Leader Manu Rajagopal111 Helicopter Unit, Indian Air Force · 2014
• Major K Manoj Kumar, Sena Medal (Posthumous)Army Ordnance Corps · 2016
• Sapper Sreejith M J44 Rashtriya Rifles / 419 Army Engineer Regiment · 2017
• Flight Lieutenant S Achudev11 Wing, Air Force Station Tezpur · 2017
• Constable Vasantha Kumar VV, CRPF Medal for Gallantry82 Battalion CRPF · 2019
• Squadron Leader Hariharan Vinod43 Squadron · 2019
• Naib Subedar M Sreejith, Shaurya Chakra, Sena Medal17 Madras · 2021