The names of the six personnel have been added to the Roll of Honour on the National War Memorial website and inscribed on Wall 3D at the memorial in New Delhi, where they will stand alongside those of thousands of soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in service of the nation.
The government has, for the first time, publicly disclosed the identities of six Indian armed forces personnel who were killed in action during Operation Sindoor, India's military response targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
The six personnel are:
Subedar Major Pawan Kumar (Indian Army)
Rifleman Sunil Kumar, Vir Chakra (Indian Army)
Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar (Indian Army)
Aviation Technician Mood Muralinaik (Indian Army)
Havildar Sunil Kumar Singh (Indian Army)
Sergeant Surendra Kumar, Vayu Medal (Indian Air Force)
Their inclusion in the Roll of Honour marks the first official public acknowledgement of the identities of personnel killed in action during Operation Sindoor.
Until now, the government had not officially disclosed their identities despite reports of military casualties during the four-day conflict in May 2025.
Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7 in response to the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, in which 26 civilians were killed.
During the 88-hour operation, India carried out strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir before successfully thwarting retaliatory drone, missile and cross-border attacks on its military installations.
Indian forces also struck key Pakistani Air Force facilities, including the Nur Khan Air Base and the Rahim Yar Khan Air Base.
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