Red Star,1835635,Driver,64th Separate Guards Tank Brigade

[ade stevenson]

Hi Guys, here is my latest researched Order of the Red Star.

I am very pleased with it. Thanks as ever to Auke for the quick research job.

Cheers, Ade.

[ade stevenson]

Record card

Record card of an awardee

Last name: Zabnev
First name: Vasily
Patronymic: Grigoryevich
Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant
Position and unit: Driver in the 64th Independent Guards Tank Brigade

Awarded:

Awarded which order of medal Date of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Awarded for what
Order of the Red Star nr. 1835635 Order of the 64th Tank Brigade nr. 013/N of May 7, 1945 [Stamp: For the fighting with the German invaders]

[Blue stamp: Award issued]


Home address: 349th Rifle Regiment, 2nd Baltic Front

Biographical particulars

1. Year of birth: 1912
2. Place of birth:
3. Party membership and period: Member of the Communist Party
4. Nationality: Russian
5. Period of service in the Red Army:
6. Award documents are located in file nr.:

Awards issued:

Order or medal Date of issue Place of issue Serial number of the order or medal Number of the award document Remarks





Other remarks:

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Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 64th Chirkovitsy Order of Lenin Red Banner Independent Guards Tank Brigade

– On decorating personnel –

May 4, 1945 – Nr. 013/N – Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

15. Guards Senior Sergeant Vladimir Grigoryevich Zabnev, driver in the Headquarters Company

[…]

Commander of the 64th Chirkovitsy Order of Lenin Red Banner Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Guards Colonel [signed] /Boiko/

Chief of staff of the 64th Chirkovitsy Order of Lenin Red Banner Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Guards Major [signed] /Romanov/

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Award sheet

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Zabnev, Vladimir Grigoryevich
2. Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Driver in the Headquarters Company of the 64th Chirkovitsy Order of Lenin Red Banner Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1912
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Since 1941 on the Bryansk, Kalinin, Northwestern, 1st Ukrainian, and 1st Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: A light wound
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since July 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Mikhailovka Raion, Stalingrad Oblast
11. Awards received previously: Two Medals for Courage and the Order of the Red Star
12. Permanent home address or the address of his family: _______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Serving as the driver of a Dodge 3/4, Guards Senior Sergeant V.G. Zabnev displayed bravery and courage throughout the combat operations conducted by the brigade when it was subordinated to the 1st Belorussian Front.

As the driver, he keeps his truck in a clean condition and in good working order. On May 2, 1945, during the fighting for the Landwehr Canal in the city of Berlin, the chief of staff was wounded at the brigade’s observation post. Despite withering enemy fire Zabnev brought the chief of staff with his truck to the medical unit, thus saving the life of his commander. In combat he acts boldly and bravely.

Guards Senior Sergeant V.G. Zabnev deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the Headquarters Company
Guards Captain [signed] /Yermakov/


Comrade V.G. Zabnev deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 64th Chirkovitsy Order of Lenin Red Banner Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Guards Colonel [signed] /Boiko/
May 4, 1945



By Order of the 64th Independent Guards Tank Brigade nr. 013/N of May 4, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Assistant chief of staff in charge of personnel records of the 64th Independent Guards Tank Brigade
Guards Captain of the Administrative Service [signed] /Starchenko/
May 8, 1945

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Re the Awards received previously: Two Medals for Courage and the Order of the Red Star. I would like to find out more about these, in the vain hope of finding them....But I cannot find him on the Podvig site.

Cheers, Ade.

[CtahhR]

Searching Забнев, Владимир Григорьевич

Or just Забнев (he's the one born 1912) brings up his results.

[ade stevenson]

Got it! Thanks!