Glory III,194093,Senior Tractor Engineer,33rd Guards Artillery Regiment

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Last Name, First Name, Middle Name: Volkoboi, Ilia Efimovich

Military Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant

Place of Service: Senior Tractor Mechanic 5th Battery 33rd Guards Artillery Regiment, 14th Guards Vinnitsa, Jana Fabritsiusa, Order of Kuusov 3rd Class (Later Orders of Lenin and Red Banner) Rifle Division.
Recommended for: Order of Glory 3rd Class

Year of Birth: 1906

Nationality: Ukrainian

Party Membership: Member VKP(b) since 1943. Party ID card # 5663443

Service in the Civil War, in later Battles in Service of the USSR and in the GPW (when and where): In the Patriotic War since 21 August 1942. On the fronts: Stalingrad, Don, South-West, Steppe, 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts

Any Wounds or Contusions in the Great Patriotic War: None

In the Red Army: Since 18 March 1942

Which Call-Up Station: Gorodishchensk, Stalingrad Oblast

Other Awards: Medal "For Defense of Stalingrad" in 1942; later Order of Red Star 2712515 (06.06.1945).

Home Address: Stalingrad Oblast, Staropoltov Raion, village of Belyaevka, Wife Chebotaeva, Evdokia Mikhailovna

Where Born: Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Vasil’kovskiy Raion, Dubovikovsk village soviet.

Short Description of Excellent Military Action or Service: In August 1943 when the regiment was engaged in heavy fighting near the railway station of Merefa, Kharkov Region, the howitzer battery was firing point-blank into the enemy forces. Ten enemy tanks attacked the battery. Because of the attack, a battery of 76mm artillery pieces were ordered forward, and the howitzer battery was ordered to pull back. The enemy tanks were firing upon the battery emplacement. However, senior tractor mechanic Guards Senior Sergeant Volkoboi moved a tractor to the emplacement and pulled the battery to safety without regard for the heavy shelling from the enemy tanks. Comrade Volkoboi saved the howitzer battery equipment, which was being fired upon by the tanks advancing right up to the battery emplacement.
During the previous battles Senior Sergeant of the Guard always acted timely in any situation in order to move battery pieces, often risking his life under the enemy fire.

The tractor always functions properly. Repairs are done at the emplacement.

Guards Senior Sergeant Volkoboi deserves to be awarded the Glory Order, 3rd Class.

Commander, 33rd Guards Artillery Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel Kutarev
15 August 1944

Commander 14th Guards Rifle Division
Guards Colonel ?
17 August 1944

Chief of SK 14th Guards Rifle Division
Guards Captain Koshlyak
22 August 1944

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Here is the original citation.

He also received a Red Star.