India today (26 June) officially disclosed for the first time the names of six military personnel who were killed during Operation Sindoor, the cross-border military campaign launched against Pakistan in May 2025.
The names of the six personnel - five from the Indian Army and one from the Indian Air Force - have been published in the Roll of Honour section of the National War Memorial website.
Their names will also be engraved on the memorial's granite walls in New Delhi.
The fallen personnel include Subedar Major Pawan Kumar of Headquarters 10 Infantry Brigade, Rifleman Sunil Kumar, Vir Chakra, of 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, Lance Naik Dinesh Kumar of 5 Field Regiment, Aviation Technician Mood Muralinaik of 851 Light Regiment, Havildar Sunil Kumar Singh of 237 Field Workshop Company and Sergeant Surendra Kumar, Vayu Medal, of 39 Wing.
The disclosure marks the first formal public acknowledgement of fatalities suffered by the Indian armed forces during the four-day operation, which began on 7 May 2025, weeks after the attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on 22 April that killed 26 civilians, most of them tourists.
Until now, the Indian government had not officially identified any military personnel killed during Operation Sindoor, despite media reports following the four-day conflict in May 2025.
Operation Sindoor / India / Pakistan
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