Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Pereira (Killed in action) Class of 1961.
Commissioned 1964 in the GD(P) branch of the IAF. A Su-7 Pilot, he was on FAC duties in an armoured tank in the Khemkaran Sector on the Western Front.
His tank was hit by a Pakistani Sabre, seriously wounding Lawrence who still continued with his duties but later succumbed to his injuries in a field hospital.
For his devotion to duty and Gallantry, Flt. Lt. Lawrence Pereira was awarded the VIR CHAKRA posthumously. Salute this brave airman who laid down his life in the defense of the Motherland
