For Bravery,2059227,120mm Mortar Battery Aimer,1177th Rifle Regiment,Latvia

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Here is the Medal "For Bravery" #2059227.

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1. Family Plahtij
2. Name and patronym Petr Semenovich
3. Military rank Junior Sergeant
5. Year of birth 1903
7. Party membership Non-Partisan
9. Nationality Ukrainian
11. Place of service Aimer Artillery Battery 1177th Rifle Regiment 347th Rifle Division
For Bravery 2059227 2nd February 1945 (Issued 28th February 1945)

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120mm Mortar Battery Aimer, Junior Sergeant Plahtij Petr Semenovich for that, during the breaking of German defences 25th-28th January 1945 in the region of the settlement points of Koletu and Berezeni (Latvia) whilst taking height 42.4 the enemy released a hurricane of fire and didn't allow the possibility for our infantry to advance. Junior Sergeant Plahtij with no thought of his own life supplied ammunition and loaded the mortar fire that destroyed enemy fire points allowing the advance of the infantry forward.

1903 year of birth, Ukrainian, Non-Partisan, In RKKA from 15th September 1943 called by Mariupol' Town Military Commissariat Stelinsk Oblast, Wounds and awards doesn't have.