Defence personnel who died with Gen. Bipin Rawat and Madhulika Rawat in Wednesday’s chopper crash

Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder
⚫DOB: June 26, 1969
⚫ Defence adviser to the CDS since January 2021
⚫ Commissioned to Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in December 1990
⚫ Commanded a brigade on the northern borders; was National Defence Academy instructor; was director at the Military Operations Directorate
⚫ Approved for rank of major general, was due to take over a division
Spouse: Geetika Lidder
Offspring: Aashna Lidder (daughter)

⚫ Lt Col Harjinder Singh
⚫ DOB: April 17, 1978
⚫ Staff Officer to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
⚫ Commissioned in September 2001 from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai
⚫ Was instructor at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun; Staff Officer at a Corps HQ
⚫ Served in the Northeast; along the LoC and LAC in Jammu and Kashmir; served with the Sikkim Scouts
Spouse: Maj. Agnes
P. Manezes (retd); served with the Army Education Corps from 2004 to 2014; served at the IMA and in high-altitude areas.
Offspring: Preet Kaur (daughter)

⚫ Havildar Satpal Rai
⚫ Enrolled in March 2002
⚫ Served in Siachen, Nowshera, Nagaland, Manipur
⚫ Served in the same unit as his son for the past one year

Naik Gursewak Singh
⚫ Enrolled in March 2004
⚫ Served in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir (Poonch-Rajouri, south and north Kashmir)
⚫ Demolition specialist, best student in leadership course, expert in unarmed combat and close-quarters battle.

Lance Naik Vivek Kumar
⚫Enrolled in December 2012
⚫ Served in Jammu and Kashmir (south and north Kashmir, China border)
⚫ Combat freefall specialist, communications expert, excellent in unarmed combat

Lance Naik Jitender Kumar
⚫ Enrolled in March 2011
⚫ Served in the desert sector along Pakistan border, and on China border near Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) and Jammu and Kashmir
⚫ Expert sniper and communications specialist.

Lance Naik B. Sai Teja
⚫ Enrolled in June 2013
⚫ Served at super-high altitudes in Arunachal along the China border; engaged in counter-terrorism operations in Manipur and Nagaland.
⚫ Expert in mixed martial arts, unarmed combat, communications and electronic warfare.

The remnants of the chopper PTI Picture

Crew members

Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan
⚫ Commissioned in June 2002 as helicopter pilot.
Belongs to Agra.

Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh
⚫ Commissioned in June 2015 as helicopter pilot.
Belongs to Ghardana Khurd, Rajasthan.

Junior Warrant Officer Rana Pratap Das
⚫ Enrolled in June 2006. Was a flight engineer.
Belongs to Angul, Odisha.

Junior Warrant Officer Arakkal Pradeep
⚫ Enrolled in January 2004. Was a flight gunner.
Belongs to Thrissur, Kerala