12/10/2003 » Foreign policy

Uday Singh, a 21-year-old sergeant in the U.S. Army, died of hostile fire on Dec. 1. He was caught in an ambush 65 miles west of Baghdad.

Update from Vinod: Singh was cremated in Chandigarh with U.S. soldiers in attendance.

Sergeant Singh was posthumously awarded top gallantry awards - the Bronze Star and the US army's oldest accolade, the Purple Heart medal. A contingent of US soldiers attended the funeral, and were joined by buglers from the Indian army's Gurkha regiment.