Major Jatinder Deep Singh Dhaliwal (1967 - 1999)
An upcoming, bright and adventurous career was cut down when Major Jatinder Deep Singh Dhaliwal affectionately called JD or Dhali by his colleagues/friends and Bitoo by his parents, met with an accident during op-reccee. A fine humman being, very good sportsman, equally liked by his senior officers and colleagues for his all round competence and straight talk was born to Mrs. & Col.Hardev Singh Dhaliwal on 11th September, 1967. He was a native of village Raman Tehsil and District Moga (Punjab). He married Ms.Ramanpreet Sidhu of S.A.S.Nagar during his study after a hurriedly organised engagement ceremony. The couple was blessed with a daughter Mehakpreet Dhaliwal on 12th December 1996. This gentleman always seemed to be in a hurry right from the beginning, cut his first two teeth before he was 6 months old, never crawled and straight away started walking on his First Birthday. As the nature would have had it, he left us on 29 April 1999 and was cremated with full military honours on 1st May 1999 after his body was escorted to Chandigarh on 30th April 1999 Selected in the NDA Course "72" at Kharakwasla in July 1984. He passed out NDA in June 1987 with very high merit. An adventurous paratrooper who not only had 155 paratrooper jumps to his credit, but also did a course in 'Sky Diving' in which one jumps from about 11,000 feet without opening the parashoot, which he did 77 times. He was a qualified hot air balloon pilot. Major JDS Dhaliwal has joined the select list of Kargil Martyrs whose untimely death was a bolt from the blue to his parents, but has made their head stand high with pride. Rose garden of S.A.S Nagar has been dedicated to his fond memory.
Sqn Ldr Anil Sharma (1966 - 2000)
Anil joined Indian Air Force Academy at Hyderabad in january 1986 and was commissioned in the year 1987. He was a qualified Flaying Instructor and remained posted in Air Force Academy Hyderabad. He flew most of the choppers like Mi-17, Mi-18, Cheetha, Chetak, HPT-32 and Iskra. He was selected as Senior Combat Officer and was among the first ten. He was posted at a helicopter unit in Jamnagar. He was not fighting a war but securing India's border. On 12th dec. 2000, while taking a BSF party for the raccee in a Russian Mi-8 helicopter over Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, this brave soldier died. His chopper was shot down by Pakistani boats those had entered 17 Kms. inside Indian Territory. He was cremated at Jamnagar in Gujarat. He left behind his wife Deepika and two young children Rushil (daughter)and Vaishaw (son) and only sister Shubla Sharma. Born on 7th November, 1966, passed B.Sc in 1985 from DAV College Chandigarh. He was pursuing M.Sc when he was selected in Armed Forces. He was the only son of Sh. Hari Parkash Sharma and Smt. Usha Sharma of 614, Phase-I.
Major Harinder Pal Singh (1969 - 1999)
Major Harminder Pal Singh born on September 12, 1969. Major H.P Singh got his commission in the army in March 1992 in 18 Grenadiers. On 13 April, 1999 at about 1:00 PM information was received that some Pakistani Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) mercenaries were hiding in the congested locality of Khan Mohalla, in the Sudarkut Bala village, in Baramula district of the Kashmir Valley. Working swiftly on this tip off, Major Harminder Pal Singh, 18 Grenadiers, with approximately 50 men under his command, reached the locality by 1:30 PM and established a cordon around it. Soon after, they commenced a search for the mercenaries. When the search party was approximately 40 metres from the suspected houses, the mercenaries opened heavy automatic fire, and a fierce fire-fight ensued thereafter. In this fire, Major H.P. Singh sustained bullet injuries on his left arm, while two other soldiers received splinter injuries from a rifle grenade fired by the mercenaries. The search party was now pinned down in the open, and the fire-fight intensified. Major Singh and his troops held their ground. Realising the seriousness of the situation, in spite of being injured and with utter disregard to personal safety, he boldly charged towards the side window of a room from where effective fire was being brought down on the search party, and swiftly eliminated two mercenaries at point blank range. The third mercenary however, retaliated immediately. In the process, Major Singh sustained a gun shot wound on his temple. He engaged the mercenary to the last till he succumbed to his injuries. The mercenary tried to flee, but was shot dead by the search party, and the firing died down. Major H.P. Singh had fearlessly led his column from upfront, setting a personal example for his command to emulate. He made the supreme sacrifice of his life while fighting the Pak ISI sponsored proxy war and safe guarding the integrity of his motherland. His mortal remains, draped in the tricolour, were sent to his village, on 14 April 1999 where he was cremated with honours reserved for the bravest. When the nation celeberated the tercentenary of the Khalsa Panth in April 1999, this brave officer upheld the martial spirit of the Khalsa by his supreme sacrifice. There can be no better example of the spirit of Service Before Self - the motto of the Indian Army - where Major Harminder Pal Singh, despite having suffered grevious injuries, continued to lead his troops from the front and eliminated two mercenaries before laying down his life. He was honoured with the Shaurya Chakra, for his gallantry and devotion to duty, it is highest peacetime award. His father retired Captain Harpal Singh and mother Surinder Pal Kaur recalls that it was Harminder's childhood dream to join the Army and serve the country.
Lt. Col. Amardeep Singh (1970 - 2005)
A fine human being, good sportsman, equally liked by his seniors and colleagues for his all round competence. Affectionately called AD or Rana by his colleagues and friends. He was born to Mr.Rabinder Singh and Mrs.Jasbir Kaur on March 23, 1970 at Delhi. He did his schooling from Guru Nanak Public School, Sector-36, Chandigarh and completed a Bachelors Degree in Science from DAV College, Sector-10, Chandigarh in the year 1989. He joined I.M.A. Dehradun in January 1990 and got regular commission in Indian Army on 8th June, 1991 and was allotted Corps of Engineers. He did his, B.E. Tech. (Civil) from CME, Pune in 1998. He held various positions with 18 Engr. Regt. at Pattan, Misa, Dimapur, Ferozpur, Akhnoor, Kupwara and Zirakpur. He also worked as Project Manager MAP at Kirkee. He had been decorated with various Sewa Medals for his excellent service during Operation Rakshak, Operation Vijay etc. He got Chief of Army Staff's Commendation in year 1992. His 18 Engineers Regiment was assigned the task to built a Baily bridge which was earlier washed away by flash floods in Satluj in Himachal Predash. The bridge is a lifeline to upper Kinnaur and major link from Reckong Peo to upper areas of Pooh & Spiti. Lt.Col.Amardeep Singh was supervising the final stages and had ordered to recheck all the nuts and bolts etc. before putting any load on the bridge. It was 12:50 noon on September 8, 2005, he along with his 33 army men were fixing slabs on steel beams of the bridge which was 200 feet long, 30 feet high, weighting 80 tonnes. Suddenly, the bridge caved-in from centre, all army men working on it fell in the raging river below except the four jawans, who virtually hung by the rope. There were 34 casualties including Task Force Commander Lt.Col.Amardeep Singh. He was cremated with full military honors on September 17, 2005 at Chandigarh.  He was married to Ms.Manreet Kaur on April 13th, 1997 and blessed with a daughter Gulnaaz Rana and a son Fatehveer Singh. His parents are settled at HM 1, Sector-54 (Phase-2), S.A.S.Nagar (Mohali).