Glory III,529147,Sapper,9th Assault Engineer-Sapper Brigade,Samland Peninsula

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Record card

Order booklet nr. A-038588

1. Last name: Yalin
2. First name and patronymic: Valery Andreyevich
3. Military rank: Guards Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1925
6. Place of birth: City of Shuginsk, Shuginsk Raion, Kazakh SSR
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Komsomol since 1946
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From February 11, 1943 up to the present time
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: Sapper in the 113th Rifle Regiment [Corps?], 5th Army, 3rd Belorussian Front
12. Current place of service and duty position: Driver with the 2nd Vehicle Unit of the Pechlag MVD Department
13. Home address of the awardee: Pechora Station, Komi Raion, Komi ASSR
14. Record of all awards presented:


Order of Glory, 3rd Class 529147 I-345623 Order of the 113th Rifle Corps nr. 0105 of April 19, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany 399024 Decree of May 9, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Japan 451058 Decree of September 30, 1945


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee:


Military commissar of the Komi Raion, Komi ASSR
[signed]
March 4, 1947

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Yalin, Valery Andreyevich
2. Rank: Guards Private
3. Duty position and unit: Sapper in the 41st Independent Assault Engineer-Sapper Battalion, 9th Novgorod Red Banner Assault Engineer-Sapper Brigade of the Reserve of the High Command
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1925
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Has been serving at the front in the Patriotic War since March 1945
8. Wounds and contusions received: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since February 1943
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Shchuchinsk Raion, Aqmola Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________

Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:

During the fighting on the Samland Peninsula he displayed courage and fearlessness. Under heavy enemy artillery and machine-gun fire he reconnoitred the condition of the roads in the sector of the 262nd Rifle Division’s offensive.

During the night of April 15 to 16, despite a heavy bombardment and in close proximity of the enemy, he reconnoitred a location to cross the Forkener Flies [Forkener Fließ] River, which aided in the quick construction of a bridge and the advance of the combat vehicles.

He deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.


Commander of the 41st Independent Assault Engineer-Sapper Battalion
Major [signed] / Nasedkin /
April 18, 1945



I request he be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Engineer of the 113th Rifle Corps
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Kopilov /
April 18, 1945



By Order of the 113th Tilsit Rifle Corps nr. 0105 of April 19, 1945 awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Assistant chief of the Personnel Section of the 113th Rifle Corps
Captain [signed] / Papinov /
April 19, 1945

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Ялин, Валерий Андреевич ' OGIII

[Alfred]

thanks for sharing :thumbsup

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Originally Posted by Alfred

thanks for sharing :thumbsup

My pleasure ! Thanks, Andreas ! :thumbsup

Patrick