Sugath Chandrasiri Bandara

Career

Action on 3 February 2009

By early February 2009, the Sri Lankan military had confined the Tamil Tigers to a small area around Puthukkudiyiruppu. On 3 February, the Tamil Tigers launched an attack, pushing back the army's Task Force 4 (later 64th Division). Units of the 2nd Special Forces were called in to halt this attack. At the time, Chandrasiri Bandara was serving as a corporal in this unit.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa presented the medal to his next-of-kin on 19 May 2012, the third anniversary of the end of the war. Chandrasiri Bandara was the fourth recipient of the medal from the Special Forces. His name, along with other recipients from the regiment, is engraved on a special monumental plaque at their Brigade Headquarters in Vavuniya.