For Combat Merits,U/N 1971,Deputy Leader,86th Surface-To-Air Missile Brigade,Egypt

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Junior Sergeant Nikolai Vasilyevich Bazhanyuk, 86th Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade of the Air Defense Forces

Record card

Record card

Order booklet nr. Zh-902885

1. Last name: Bazhanyuk
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Vasilyevich
3. Military rank: Sergeant (in the Decree his rank is given as Junior Sergeant)
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1952
6. Place of birth: Village of Krasnogorka, Popelnya Raion, Zhitomir Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Komsomol
8. Education: 10 classes
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: 1970
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Deputy platoon leader and commander of a missile launcher in military unit nr. 01442
12. Current place of service and position: Deputy platoon leader and commander of a missile launcher in military unit nr. 01442
13. Home address of the awardee: Military unit nr. 01442, city of Baku

14. Record of all awards presented:

Names of the orders and medals Their numbers Numbers of the documents Ground of award
Medal for Combat Merit Unnumbered Zh-902885 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 12, 1972

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Chief of staff of military unit nr. 01442
Major [signed] /Mironyuk/
November 14, 1972

Award sheet

[Stamp: “Medal for Combat Merit”]

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Bazhanyuk, Nikolai Vasilyevich
2. Military rank: Junior Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Deputy platoon leader in the 86th Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade of the Air Defense Forces
Nominated for: Medal for Combat Merit
Permanent home address (of his family):

Short, concrete description of his feat:

He has been on a mission abroad since May 1971. He is disciplined and sophisticated and devotes himself to carrying out his service duties with a high sense of responsibility. He is a “Specialist, 1st Class” and a “Distinguished Student in Political and Combat Training”. His materiel is in a constant state of combat readiness.

Conclusion: For carrying out his international service duties in an exemplary manner he deserves to be awarded the Medal for Combat Merit.

Commander of the 86th Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade
Colonel [signed] /Tselomudry/
July 27, 1972

He deserves to be awarded the Medal for Combat Merit.

Commander of the 28th Division of the Air Defense Forces
Major General of the Artillery [signed] /Rytov/
July 28, 1972

He deserves to be awarded the Medal for Combat Merit.

Deputy chief military advisor for air defense affairs of the Soviet Forces in the Arab Republic of Egypt
Major General of the Artillery [signed] /Zakharchenko/
July 28, 1972

He deserves to be awarded the Medal for Combat Merit.

Deputy chief military advisor of the Soviet Forces to the Armed Forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Lieutenant General [signed] /Zvartsev/
July 30, 1972

See also the Red Banner to Sr. Lt. Lyashchenko, http://soviet-awards.com/forum/sovie...-546670-a.html

(Thanks Alexei and Auke!)