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CAPTAIN PRAMOD LAL YADAV

Captain Pramod Lal Yadav was born on 15th Aug 1969 to an army veteran Maj Rang Lal and Smt Chandrawati Devi. He belonged to Shivsinghpura village in Kethri Tehsil of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. He was commissioned on 21st Dec 1992 into the Regiment of Artillery at the age of 23 years. Later he got trained as a Helicopter pilot and joined the Army Aviation Corps.   

Service Number IC-51723 
Place of Birth Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan 
Rank Captain 
Unit 3 R&O Flt 
Regiment Regiment of Artillery 
Date of Martyrdom 24th January 2002 

During January 2002, Captain Pramod Lal Yadav was serving with 3 (Independent) Recce and Observations Flight under the Army formation based in Leh sector in J&K. On 24th Jan 2002, Captain Pramod Lal Yadav was tasked with one more operation in support of soldiers deployed at a forward post near the LOC. Captain Pramod Lal Yadav along with the aircrew took off for the assigned task as planned on 24 Jan 2002. However, sometime after the takeoff, the helicopter crashed without giving any time for the aircrew to undertake any emergency measures. Cap Pramod Lal could not survive the crash and was martyred.  

Captain Pramod Lal Yadav is survived by his father an army veteran Maj Rang Lal, mother Smt Chandrawati Devi, wife Smt Nisha Lal, son Garvit, and daughter Akruti. 

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