Glory III,425708,Rifleman,520th Rifle Regiment,Oder River

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1. Award card

Order booklet B 130882
1. Last name: Zvonar
2. Name and Patrionymic: Mikhail Ivanovich
3. Rank: Corporal
4. Sex: Male
5. Birthyear: 1925
6. Birthplace: Beregovskaya Oblast, Ershavskii Region, village of Oboi
7. Party Membership: Komsomol since 1947
8. Education: incomplete mid-level
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Service in the Red Army: 1944
11. Place of service and duty position at time of awarding: 520th Rifle Regiment, 167th Rifle Division; Submachinegunner
12. Place of service and duty position at the current time: 170th Independent Rifle Battalion, 14th Independent Rifle Brigade; Rifleman
13. Home of Record: Beregovskaya Oblast, Ershavskii Region, village of Oboi
14. Awards

Award Serial Number Awarder
Glory III 425.708 167th Rifle Division dated 7.6.45
Bravery Medal 2.821.455 520th Rifle Regiment dated 11.2.45

Verified 24 November 1947

2. Award Citation

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Zvonar, Mikhail Ivanovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position: Rifleman, 3rd Battalion, 520th Drogobych Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitskii Rifle Regiment, 167th Sumy-Kiev Twice Red Banner Rifle Division

Application for the Order of Glory III Class

4. Birthyear: 1925
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Time in the Red Army: since 11 November 1944
7. Party membership: n/a
8. Participation in combat: 11.11.44, 4th Ukrainian Front
9. Wounds or contusions: 1.4.45 wounded
10. Earlier Awards: n/a
11. Inducted by: Ershavskii Municipal Military Commissariat, Trans-Carpathian Ukraine
12. Home of record: Trans-Carpathians, Ukraine. Ershavskii Okrug, village of Oboi

Short description of personal combat feat or service

Comrade Zvonar has executed the duties of a rifleman during the fighting on the approaches to the city of Moravska-Ostrova.
On the night of 29-30.4.45 disregarding danger, he was the first in the battalion to cross the Oder River and actively repelled the enemy counterattack, killing two Germans.
Comrade Zvoar has been in his unit since the Carpathian fighting, frequently repelling enemy counterattacks, fighting in hand-to-hand combat, and being the first to rise to the attack.
Comrade Zvonar is fearless in battle and in combat displays courage, encouraging the others to action. Private Zvonar is deserving of the Order of Glory III Class.

Signed Regimental Commander, Guards Lieutenant Colonel Rabinovich and the Chief of Staff
Endorsed Division Commander, Colonel Grechkosii on 31 May 1945

Awarded Order of Glory III Class by Order 036/N of the 167th Rifle Division dated 7.6.45