Lance Naik Hoshiar Singh, son of Shri Kura Ram, was born on 17 September 1947 in Goripur village, then part of the undivided Punjab. Over the decades, administrative reorganization placed Goripur within the present-day Bhiwani, Haryana. He grew up in a modest rural household, where
Sqn Ldr Veera Venkata Satyanarayanamurty Sunkar was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 07 Nov 1963. He joined the technical branch of the IAF and got trained as an Aeronautical Engineer in Mechanical stream as part of the 27 DEO course. Thereafter
Flight Lieutenant Om Prakash Arora was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 05 Dec 1970. He joined the technical branch of the IAF and got trained as an Aeronautical Engineer in Electronics stream as part of the 47 DEO course. Thereafter he
Wing Commander Clarence Joseph D'Lima hailed from Goa and was born on 09 Feb 1938. He got selected for the prestigious NDA after his schooling and joined the 15th NDA Course He passed out of the NDA on 01 Dec 1958 and thereafter went for
Wg Cdr Joginder Singh hailed from Punjab and was born on 01st Feb 1936. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 19 Dec 1959 at the age of 22 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained
Sqn Ldr Mathew Cyriac hailed from Kottayam district in Kerala and was born on 03 Dec 1942. Son of Shri BG Shriyan an Indian Administrative Cadre officer and Smt Thangamma, he had three brothers and four sisters as his siblings. He did his schooling at
Naib Subedar Daulat Singh hailed from the Rolsabsar village of Fatehpur Shekhawati tehsil in the Sikar district of Rajasthan and was born in the year 1940. Son of Shri Ramkumar singh and Smt Sikori Kanwar, he joined the Indian Army on 07 Mar 1958 at
