Ummer Fayaz
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| Birth name | Ummer Fayaz Parray |
| Born | 8 June 1994 Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Died | 9 May 2017 (aged 22) Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Allegiance | India |
| Branch | Indian Army |
| Years of service | 2016–2017 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | 2 Rajputana Rifles |
| Alma mater | Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Anantnag National Defence Academy Indian Military Academy |
Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz (8 June 1994 – 10 May 2017) was an Indian Army officer who was abducted and killed in May 2017 by Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, India. He had been commissioned as a lieutenant in the Indian Army from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun on 10 December 2016, and was serving in the 2nd battalion, Rajputana Rifles.