For Bravery,1607349,Rifleman,929th Rifle Regiment,254th Rifle Division

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Here is the Medal "For Bravery" #1607349.

Rather tired but the price was right. It can now enjoy its retirement reunited with research.

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1. Family, Maslov
2. Name And Patronym, Aleksandr Pavlovich
3. Military Rank, Red Army Soldier
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1921
6. Place Of Birth, Stalinsk Oblast, Andreev Region, Lidinskij
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, September 1939 to 20th March 1946.
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 1176th Rifle Regiment - Rifleman
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Uspensk Region Carpool Trust - Welder
13. Current address of awarded, Voroshilovgrad Oblast Uspensk Region, Ol'hovka 1st May Street #76.

Medal "For Bravery" #1607349 13-09-1944
Medal "For Combat Merits" #2937718 11-04-1945
Medal "For Bravery" #3580245 02-02-1944

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Rifleman, 2nd Rifle Battalion, Private Maslov, Aleksandr Pavlovich for that, on 29th August 1944 while deflecting an enemy counter-attacks in the region of Butkani fire from his machinegun destroyed more than 15 Germans. That helped deflect counter-attacks.

1921 year of birth, Ukrainian, Member VLKSM, Called to the RKKA in 1943 by Andreev Regional Military Commissariat, Stalinsk Oblast, Wounded 11th October 1943 and 30th March 1944

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Here is the location of Butkāni and the Army report of the day's action.