Red Star,0463525,Platoon Leader,120mm Mortar Battery,275th Rifle Regiment

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-998933

1. Last name: Penkin
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Aleksandrovich
3. Military rank: Senior Lieutenant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1919
6. Place of birth: Village of Epimakhovo, Orichi Raion, Kirov Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1943
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: October 1939–April 1947
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Platoon leader in the 117th Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Unemployed
13. Home address of the awardee: 153 Karl Marx Street, apartment 1, city of Kirov

14. List of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal/Serial number/Number of the document/Ground of award
Order of the Red Star 463525 Temporary certificate nr. A-744967 Order of the 117th Rifle Division nr. 0190 of November 24th, 1943
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 435431 Temporary certificate nr. Zh-121551 Order of the 91st Red Banner Rifle Corps nr. 050 of August 9th, 1944
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 314338 Temporary certificate nr. D-668624 Order of the 91st Rifle Corps nr. 060 of August 21st, 1944
Order of the Red Star 1709812 Temporary certificate nr. Z-543528 Order of the 117th Rifle Division nr. 029 of February 16th, 1945
Order of the Red Star 2642733 Temporary certificate nr. K-471593 Order of the 117th Rifle Division nr. 0114 of May 29th, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Military Commissar of the Molotov Raion
Major [signed] /Kosmachov/
August 26th, 1947

[Bill Garvy]

Secret

Prikaz

117th Rifle Division
1st Baltic Front

November 24th, 1943

No. 0190

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 hereby displayed valour and bravery, I award:

Order of the Red Star (#463525)

16. Lieutenant PENKIN, Nikolai Aleksandrovich, Platoon Leader – 120mm Mortar Battery, 275th Rifle Regiment

Commander 117th Rifle Division
Colonel Koveridze

Chief of Staff of the Division
Colonel Gofman

November 24th, 1943

[Bill Garvy]

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Penkin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich
2. Rank: Lieutenant
3. Duty position: Platoon Leader – 1 Platoon, 120mm Mortar Battery, 275th Rifle Regiment, 117th Rifle Division
Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star
4. Born: 1919
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: candidate member
7. Previous combat: since July 1942
8. Wounds or shell-shock: thrice wounded
9. In Armed Forces: since October 1939
10. Inducted by: Orichev Regional Military Commissariat, Kriov Oblast
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

During the regiment’s combat operations from 7.10.43 to 10.11.43 he accurately concentrated his mortars’ fire on an enemy objective. In combat for the villages of Tikhonovo, Raki, Borodushki and the village of Vitebsk Oblast he quickly suppressed firing positions and destroyed enemy personnel. On his platoon’s record are the following destroyed targets: two observation posts, a crossing, several bunkers, three light machine guns and up to 50 enemy soldiers and officers.

He is being recommended for the Order of the Red Star.

Signed Commander, 275th Rifle Regiment, Major Androsov and Chief of Staff, Captain Pavlov on 14th November, 1943

Endorsed Commander, 117 Rifle Division, General-Major Koveridze and Chief of Staff Colonel Gofman on 23rd November, 1943

Awarded the Order of the Red Star by 117th Rifle Division Order 0190 dated 24th November, 1943. Signed Chief of Staff, Colonel Gofman.

[Bill Garvy]

Lieutenant Nikolai Aleksandrovich Penkin's Order of the Red Star, #463525