Private Aung San Thuriya Suk Bahadur Rai - 4th Infantry Battalion (4th Gurkha) Myanmar Army. - recipient of the Aung San Thuriya award, the highest award in the
Suk Bahadur Rai ° Private Aung San Thuriya " Suk Bahdur Rai " ( serial No. ( kyee ) 01914 ) was the only Burmese Gurkha to have received Aung San Thuriya medal.
He won the award for his brave actions in the raid against Kuomintang ( KMT ) insurgents on Battle of Tachileik Highway in Myanmar.
He was awarded this highest and most prestigious award for gallantry and bravery in the face of enemy that can be awarded to members of the Tatmadaw in 1951.