Major Noel Weerakoon, CA was a Sri Lankan army officer.
Trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Weerakoon was commissioned into the Ceylon Artillery.
In April 1971, with the onset of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led insurrection Ceylon Army mobilized for its first combat operations since its formation in 1949.
Captain Weerakoon lead a supply convoy from Vavuniya to Anuradhapura to deliver ammunition to the besieged town.
He succumbed to his wounds at the Anuradhapura hospital, becoming the first Sri Lankan army officer to be killed in the line of duty.