List of Army Soldiers Killed in Manipur Militant Attach on Thursday

Imphal, Manipur: 18 army-men were killed and at least 11 injured when militants ambushed their convoy in Manipur's Chandel district on Thursday morning, in what is being described as the worst casualties the Army has suffered in recent years. Sources say 50 militants carried out the attack and used US-made rocket launchers on the Army commandos travelling in two trucks.

The soldiers belonged to the 6 Dogra infantry regiment, being de-inducted from the Moltuk valley. The convoy was ambushed between Paralong and Charong villages, about 118 km from state capital Imphal, where the soldiers were headed, at around 8:30 am on Thursday, the police said.

Here are the names of the 18 Army men who were killed in the militant attack which has been claimed by the NSCN-K (Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland):

1) Nb. Sub. Ram Singh (Age: 39 years - from Samba, Jammu and Kashmir)

2) Hav. Parkash Chand (Age: 36 years - from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh)

3) Hav. Sat Pal Bhasin (Age: 39 years - from Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir)

4) Hav. Sunil Kumar Sharma (Age: 33 years - from Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir)

5) Hav. Rajesh Kumar (Age: 34 years - from Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh)

6) Hav. Randeep Singh (Age: 38 years - from Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir)

7) Nk. Ashok Kumar (Age: 35 years - from Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh)

8) L. Nk. Rajneesh Singh (Age: 34 years - from Kangra, Himachal Pradesh)

9) Sep. (HK) Ram Prasad Yadav (Age: 39 years - from Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh)

10) L. Nk. Kuldeep Raj (Age: 33 years - from Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir)

11) Sep. Manoj Kumar (Age: 31 years - from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh)

12) Sep. Vijay Kumar (Age: 27 years - from Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir)

13) Sep. Vikas Bhardwaj (Age: 26 years - from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh)

14) Sep. Sohan Singh (Age: 26 years - from Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh)

15) Cfn. (VM) Bharateshwar P (Age: 31 years - from Belgaum, Karnataka)

16) Sep. (DVR) Jeetendra Kumar Kushwaha (Age: 26 years - from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh)

17) Hav. Jagveer Singh (Age: 39 years - from Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh)

18) Sep. Manjit Singh (Age: 26 years - from Pathankot, Punjab)