Captain Pawan Kumar SC, from Jind earned his NDA, joined 7 Dogra, then volunteered for 10 Para SF, the elite Desert Scorpions. In a 2016 counter-insurgency op, shot at point-blank range, he refused evacuation and kept firing until his men were safe. He was 23 and was awarded Shaurya Chakra posthumously. He was an only son of his parents.