For Bravery,0685927,T-34 Commander,22nd Guards Tank Division

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Vavilov, Pavel Petrovich
2. Rank: Guards Sergeant
3. Position and unit: T-34 Turret Commander, 207 Tank Batallion, 22 Guards Tank Division
Nominated for: Medal “For Bravery”
4. Year of birth: 1922
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: N/A
7. Participation in the Civil War and the subsequent combat actions to defend the motherland: Voronezh and 1st Ukrainian fronts
8. Wounds and contusions received: None
9. Since when in the Red Army: October 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Maikopskii Region Military Commissariat
11. Awards received previously: Order of the Red Star
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Krasnodar Krai, Maikop Distillery Number 6

Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:

Acting as a commander of a tank crew, the turret commander comrade Vavilov showed courage and bravery in combat. On 05/11/43, in the mountains surrounding Kiev, thanks to excellent shooting the gun crew destroyed: 1 Ferdinand tank, 2 T-4’s, 3 PTO's, 5 machine guns and a company of infantry. Comrade Vavilov is brave and determined in battle.

For showing courage and bravery Comrade Vavilov is deserving of the governmental award the medal "For Bravery"


Commander of the 207 Tank Batallion

Guards Captain [signed] /Gutachenko/
5 December, 1943


Worthy of governmental award: Medal “For Bravery”

Commander of the 22nd Guards Tank Brigade

Guards Colonel [signed] /Koshelev
7 December, 1943

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