Nikolaenko, Prokofij Pavlovich, Rifle Section Deputy Comander, 316th Rifle Regiment

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His Medal "For Combat Merits";

Deputy Commander Of A Rifle Section, Junior Sergeant Nikolaenko, Prokofij Pavlovich for that, when in battle for height 939.0, 14th August 1945 upon the loss of the commander of the section out of action, took over command of the section himself and personally destroyed one Japanese sniper.
Born 1923.
Ukrainian, Non-Partisan, In the Red Army from 1941 called to Milove Regional Military Commissariat. Participant in war from 8th August 1945. Has no awards.