Subedar Fateh Singh

The following personnel of Indian Army, IAF and the DSC were martyred during the attack on the IAF air base at Pathankot on 02 January 2016.

1. Lt Col Niranjan Kumar          Indian army

2. Subedar Fateh Singh         DSC

3. Hawaldar Kulwant Singh      DSC

4. Havaldar Sanjeevan Rana   DSC

5. Havaldar Jagdish Chand      DSC

6. Lance Naik Mool Raj            DSC

7. Corporal Gurusewak Singh  IAF

The details of the attack could be read here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Pathankot_attack
(though there are many debatable points in the wiki article, it gives a general idea of the attack)

The details of the martyrs are as follows:-

2. Subedar Fateh Singh           DSC

Subedar Fateh Singh who was 51 years old, joined the DSC in 2009 on retiring from the Army as (Hon) captain after rendering distinguished service in the 15 Dogra regiment. 

He was a champion shooter who won the  gold in the Big Bore Rifle Three Position and silver in Big Bore Rifle Prone Position during the first common wealth games held in Delhi in 1995.He was also an instructor for the Army Marksmanship Team at MHOW.

On the night of 01/02 January 2016, Subedar (Hon captain) Fateh Singh and Havaldar Kulwant Singh were on duty guarding the airbase when the militants tried to infiltrate it.   A gun-battle ensued in the course of which both the terrorists were killed but Subedar (Hon captain) Fateh Singh was martyred as he succumbed to his own  injuries.  His extra ordinary courage in the face of the enemy came in for much acclaim from all across the country.

He is survived by his children Madhu Radha (who incidentally also was a pall bearer of his coffin, a first of sorts for Northern India), Nitin Thakur and Gurdeep singh Deepu.

R.I.P Dear friend