Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: June 14, 2000
• Invested on: February 02, 2001

On the afternoon of July 17, 1998, 21-year-old Mandeep Singh Dhillon lost his life while going to the rescue of a man trapped in the sleeper cabin of a tractor-trailer that had been struck by another near Vega, Texas, in Oldham Co., U.S.A. A Canadian trucker on a run through Texas, Mr. Dhillon was at a nearby restaurant when he heard the crash. He immediately ran to the scene to help the trapped victim and as he did so, another transport truck slammed into the wreckage and triggered an explosion. Mr. Dhillon was caught in the raging inferno and suffered severe burns. Sadly, he died of his injuries later that day.