Lance Naik Sardar Singh was born on 12 May 1939 in Jasaur Kheri village of Jhajjar district in Haryana. After completing his initial education he joined the Army in the year 1956 at the age of 17 years. He was recruited into 4 Grenadiers of
2nd Lieutenant Gopal Krishna Venkatesa Prasanna Rao hailed from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and was born on 15 Oct 1940. Son of Dr TAGK Rao, he did his initial schooling in Board High School at Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Later he studied from PSG Arts
Major Puran Singh Rathore hailed from Manera village in Lunkaransar tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan and was born on 04th July 1927. Son of Shri Kana Singh, Major Puran Singh lost his mother when he was barely two years old. He joined the Walter
Captain Prithvi Singh Dagar hailed from Malikpur village of the Najafgarh tehsil in Delhi and was born on 01 June 1942. Son of Shri Chaudhary Keval Singh Dagar and Smt Dadka Devi, he completed his High School from High School at Ujwa, and later went
Lance Naik Hanuman Ram Jakhad hailed from Ghandawa village in Surajgarh tehsil of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan and was born in the year 1945. Son of Shri Tularam Jhakhad and Smt Chana Devi, he joined the army the year 1962 at the age of 17