Lieutenant Colonel J.A.L Jayasinghe PWV, WWV, RWP, RSP (29 April 1976 - 26 November 2008) was a special forces officer in the Sri Lanka Army, who was posthumously awarded the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya (PWV) the highest award for combat bravery in Sri Lanka.

He was killed in November 2008, while leading a seven-man special forces team on a covert operation 30 km behind enemy lines into territory held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

[citation needed] Jayasinghe enlisted to the Regular Force of the Sri Lanka Army on 22 January 1997, as a cadet officer.

These include the successful completion of training courses offered by India, China, United States and Bangladesh.

[2][3] He was posthumously awarded the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya on 19 May 2012 during the country's victory day parade by the president of Sri Lanka.